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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 502 Minister may decide in the national interest that certain persons are to be excluded persons

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 502

Minister may decide in the national interest that certain persons are to be excluded persons

  (1)   If:

  (a)   the Minister, acting personally, intends to make a decision:

  (i)   under section   200 because of circumstances specified in section   201; or

  (ii)   to refuse under section   65 to grant a protection visa relying on subsection   5H(2) or 36(1C);

    in relation to a person; and

  (b)   the Minister decides that, because of the seriousness of the circumstances giving rise to the making of that decision, it is in the national interest that the person be declared to be an excluded person;

the Minister may, as part of the decision, include a certificate declaring the person to be an excluded person.

  (2)   A decision under subsection   (1) must be taken by the Minister personally.

  (3)   If the Minister makes a decision under subsection   (1), the Minister must cause notice of the making of the decision to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the decision was made.

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