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MIGRATION AMENDMENT (REMOVAL OF MANDATORY MINIMUM PENALTIES) BILL 2012
2010-2011-2012
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Migration Amendment (Removal of
Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill
2012
No. , 2012
(Senator Hanson-Young)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958
to remove mandatory minimum penalties for
certain offences, and for related purposes
Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012 No. , 2012
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Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Amendment of the Migration Act 1958
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Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012 No. , 2012
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958
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to remove mandatory minimum penalties for
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certain offences, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Migration Amendment (Removal of
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Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Act 2012.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendment of the Migration Act 1958 Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendment of the Migration Act
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1958
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1 Subsection 233B(1) (note)
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Repeal the note, substitute:
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Note:
Section 236A limits conviction options for offences against this
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section.
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2 Subsection 233C(1) (note)
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Repeal the note, substitute:
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Note:
Section 236A limits conviction options for offences against this
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section.
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3 Subsection 234A(1) (note)
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Repeal the note, substitute:
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Note:
Section 236A limits conviction options for offences against this
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section.
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4 Subsection 234A(2) (note)
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Repeal the note, substitute:
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Note:
Section 236A limits conviction options for offences against this
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section.
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5 Section 236B
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Repeal the section.
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