Bill
Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2016-04-17. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-02-10
- second reading — 2016-02-10
- second reading — 2016-03-03
- second reading — 2016-03-15
- second reading — 2016-03-15
- third reading — 2016-03-16
- introduced — 2016-03-16
- second reading — 2016-03-16
- other — 2016-04-17
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-02-10.
This bill would fix gaps in the Migration Act so that 2014 changes to visa cancellations for people with criminal records work as intended.
It would broaden the definition of 'character concern' and allow the minister to detain people whose visas are suspected of being cancelled under a new power.
The bill would also make decisions by the minister under certain sections reviewable by the Federal Court instead of the Federal Circuit Court.
- Amends the definition of 'character concern' to match the broader character test.
- Ensures the minister's visa cancellation power under section 501BA does not affect other cancellation powers.
- Allows detention of a person whose visa is suspected of being cancelled under section 501BA.
- Requires release of a person if the officer becomes aware their visa will not be cancelled.
- Makes decisions by the minister under sections 501BA and 501CA reviewable by the Federal Court.
- Protects confidential information given to the Department from further disclosure.
Non-citizens with criminal records or character concerns, and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
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