Bill
Migration Amendment (Clarification of Jurisdiction) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-02-14
- second reading — 2018-02-14
- other — 2019-04-11
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 2018-02-14.
This bill would change which court hears challenges to migration decisions.
It would make the Migration Act treat certain types of decisions, including those that appear invalid, the same way for jurisdiction purposes.
The bill would also confirm that a range of administrative actions count as decisions for the Federal Circuit Court and Federal Court.
- The bill would clarify that a migration decision includes decisions that appear to be outside the court's power.
- It would extend the same treatment to decisions made under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act.
- The bill would ensure that the Federal Circuit Court and Federal Court have consistent jurisdiction over these decisions.
People and organisations involved in migration cases, and the Federal Circuit Court and Federal Court.
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