Bill
Migration and Other Legislation Amendment (Bridging Visas, Serious Offenders and Other Measures) Bill 2023
passed, as at 2023-12-07. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-11-27
- second reading — 2023-11-27
- second reading — 2023-11-27
- second reading — 2023-11-27
- third reading — 2023-11-27
- other — 2023-11-28
- introduced — 2023-12-05
- second reading — 2023-12-05
- second reading — 2023-12-05
- second reading — 2023-12-05
- committee — 2023-12-05
- third reading — 2023-12-05
- other — 2023-12-06
- passed — 2023-12-06
- royal assent — 2023-12-07
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 2023-11-27.
This bill tightens the rules for a group of non-citizens released from detention after a High Court ruling, creating new crimes with fixed minimum penalties for breaking certain visa conditions.
It introduces mandatory minimum sentences for holders of a Subclass 070 bridging visa who breach conditions that ban work with children or vulnerable people, approaching schools or childcare centres, or contacting a victim of a violent or sexual offence.
The bill also clarifies how authorised officers may fit and use electronic monitoring devices, and sets out when information from those devices can be shared with law enforcement agencies.
- Creates new criminal offences with mandatory minimum sentences for breaching specific visa conditions.
- Clarifies the powers of authorised officers to fit, operate and monitor electronic monitoring devices.
- Sets out purposes for which authorised officers may collect, use or disclose information from electronic monitoring devices.
Holders of a Subclass 070 (Bridging (Removal Pending)) visa who are affected by the NZYQ High Court decision, particularly those with a history of serious offending.
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