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1998
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
THE
SENATE
Presented and read a first
time
Migration
Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1998
No.
, 1998
(Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Migration Act 1958, and for related purposes
ISBN: 0642
387044
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958,
and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No.
2) 1998.
This Act is taken to have commenced on 3 December 1998.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 Subsection 193(2)
Omit “Nothing in subsection (1) requires the Minister or any officer
to:”, substitute:
Apart from section 256, nothing in this Act or in any other law (whether
written or unwritten) requires the Minister or any officer to:
(aa) give a person covered by subsection (1) an application form for a
visa; or
2 Section 193
Add at the end:
(3) If:
(a) a person covered by subsection (1) has not made a complaint in writing
to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, paragraph 20(6)(b) of the
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 does not apply to
the person; and
(b) a person covered by subsection (1) has not made a complaint to the
Commonwealth Ombudsman, paragraph 7(3)(b) of the Ombudsman Act 1976 does
not apply to the person.
(4) This section applies to a person covered by subsection (1) for as long
as the person remains in immigration detention.
Note: The heading to section 193 is replaced by the heading
“Application of law to certain non-citizens while they remain in
immigration detention”.
3 Subsection 198(4)
Repeal the subsection.
4 Section 256
After “the person in immigration detention,”, insert
“give to him or her application forms for a visa or”.
Note: The heading to section 256 is replaced by the heading
“Person in immigration detention may have access to certain advice,
facilities etc.”
1 Effect of Schedule 1
amendments
The amendments made in Schedule 1 are not intended to alter the effect of
any orders made by a court before the commencement of this Act.