2004-2005-2006

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE



Presented and read a first time




Migration Legislation Amendment
(Enabling Permanent Protection) Bill
2006
No.            , 2006
(Senator Bartlett)




A Bill for an Act to remove unfair impediments
preventing holders of temporary protection visas


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related purposes


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                  1        Short title ........................................................................................... 1
                  2        Commencement ................................................................................. 1
                  3        Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

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     preventing holders of temporary protection visas
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     from obtaining permanent protection visas, and for
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     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 Legislation Amendment
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                  (Enabling Permanent Protection) Act 2006.
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     2 Commencement
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                  This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
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                  Assent.
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              (1) Each Act, and each set of regulations, that is specified in a
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                  Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the
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                  applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a
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                  Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
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              (2) The amendment of any regulation under subsection (1) does not
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                  prevent the regulation, as so amended, from being amended or
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                  repealed by the Governor-General.
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     Schedule 1--Amendment of the Migration
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           Regulations 1994
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     1 Schedule 2, clauses 866.214 and 866.215
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             Repeal the clauses.
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     2 Schedule 2, clauses 866.222A and 866.222B
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             Repeal the clauses.
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     3 Schedule 2, clause 866.225
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             Repeal the clause, substitute:
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     866.225 (1) The applicant satisfies public interest criteria 4001, 4002 and
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                 4003A.
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              (2) If the applicant holds a Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection) visa,
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                  then when determining whether the applicant satisfies public
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                  interest criteria 4001, 4002 and 4003A, the Minister must apply a
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                  presumption that the applicant does satisfy those criteria.
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              (3) The presumption does not apply if there are reasonable grounds to
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                  believe that the applicant no longer satisfies public interest
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                  criterion 4001, 4002 or 4003A.
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     4 Schedule 2, clauses 866.228 and 866.228A
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             Repeal the clauses.
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