Bill
Migration Amendment (Visa Maximum Numbers Determinations) Bill 2013
lapsed, as at 2016-05-09.
- Sponsor
- Hanson-Young
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2013-12-09
- second reading — 2013-12-09
- second reading — 2013-12-12
- other — 2016-04-17
- other — 2016-04-19
- other — 2016-05-09
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 2013-12-09.
The bill would make visa limit decisions subject to parliamentary disallowance.
It amends the Migration Act 1958 to remove the exemption that currently prevents legislative instruments made under Section 85 from being disallowed.
The bill would override a December 2 determination that capped Protection Visas for the 2013-1014 financial year.
- Allows legislative instruments designated under Section 85 to be disallowed.
- Overrides the government's December 2 determination that capped Protection Visas.
- Ensures changes to visa limits, particularly for Protection Visas, are subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
Asylum seekers in indefinite detention, community detention or on bridging visas who are subject to a Protection Visa grant freeze.
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