Bill
Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2016-04-15. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-03-16
- second reading — 2016-03-16
- other — 2016-04-15
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 2016-03-16.
This bill is part of a package that would create a system for approving people who sponsor family visa applicants.
The system would give officials the power to check sponsors, set legal duties for them, and punish rule-breaking with fines or other penalties.
The source describes only the work visa sponsorship framework already in the Migration Act and does not give a start date, threshold, or list of changes for this bill.
- The bill would require sponsors to be assessed and approved before they can sponsor someone.
- The bill would impose legal duties on sponsors.
- The bill would allow civil penalties and administrative sanctions if sponsors break their duties.
- The bill would let information be shared between relevant parties.
Sponsors of family visa applicants would be affected.
Sources
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