Bill
Migration Amendment (Tabling Notice of Certain Character Decisions) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-05-24. Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-05-12
- second reading — 2021-05-12
- second reading — 2021-05-12
- second reading — 2021-05-12
- third reading — 2021-05-12
- introduced — 2021-05-13
- second reading — 2021-05-13
- second reading — 2021-05-13
- second reading — 2021-05-13
- third reading — 2021-05-13
- passed — 2021-05-13
- royal assent — 2021-05-24
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 2021-05-12.
The bill would require the Minister to tell Parliament about certain visa decisions made personally on character grounds.
It does this by adding a new rule to the Migration Act 1958 that forces the Minister to table a notice in each House within 15 sitting days of the decision.
The requirement would not apply if the decision was based on a reasonable suspicion about the character test or if the person had an adverse security assessment from ASIO.
- Requires the Minister to table notice of certain character decisions under subsection 501(3) of the Migration Act 1958 in Parliament within 15 sitting days.
- Exempts decisions based on a reasonable suspicion about the character test under paragraphs 501(6)(a), (e) or (g).
- Exempts decisions where the person had an adverse or qualified security assessment under the Australian Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.
The Minister and people who are subject to personal character decisions to refuse or cancel a visa on national interest grounds.
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