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MIGRATION AMENDMENT (UNAUTHORISED MARITIME ARRIVALS AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2013 (NO. 35, 2013) - SCHEDULE 1 Main amendments

MIGRATION AMENDMENT (UNAUTHORISED MARITIME ARRIVALS AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2013 (NO. 35, 2013) - SCHEDULE 1

Main amendments

Part 1 -- Amendments

Migration Act 1958

1  Subsection 4(5)

Omit "offshore entry persons", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrivals".

2  Subsection 5(1) (note at the end of the definition of excised offshore place )

Repeal the note.

3  Subsection 5(1) (definition of offshore entry person )

Repeal the definition.

4  Subsection 5(1) (paragraphs (a) and (aa) of the definition of transitory person )

Omit "an offshore entry person", substitute "a person".

5  Subsection 5(1) (subparagraph (c)(iii) of the definition of transitory person )

Omit "country;", substitute "country.".

6  Subsection 5(1) (definition of transitory person )

Omit all the words after subparagraph (c)(iii) of the definition.

7  Subsection 5(1)

Insert:

"unauthorised maritime arrival" has the meaning given by section 5AA.

8  After section 5

Insert:

5AA   Meaning of unauthorised maritime arrival

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, a person is an unauthorised maritime arrival if:

                     (a)  the person entered Australia by sea:

                              (i)  at an excised offshore place at any time after the excision time for that place; or

                             (ii)  at any other place at any time on or after the commencement of this section; and

                     (b)  the person became an unlawful non-citizen because of that entry; and

                     (c)  the person is not an excluded maritime arrival.

Entered Australia by sea

             (2)  A person entered Australia by sea if:

                     (a)  the person entered the migration zone except on an aircraft that landed in the migration zone; or

                     (b)  the person entered the migration zone as a result of being found on a ship detained under section 245F and being dealt with under paragraph 245F(9)(a); or

                     (c)  the person entered the migration zone after being rescued at sea.

Excluded maritime arrival

             (3)  A person is an excluded maritime arrival if the person:

                     (a)  is a New Zealand citizen who holds and produces a New Zealand passport that is in force; or

                     (b)  is a non-citizen who holds and produces a passport that is in force and is endorsed with an authority to reside indefinitely on Norfolk Island; or

                     (c)  is included in a prescribed class of persons.

Definitions

             (4)  In this section:

"aircraft" has the same meaning as in section 245A.

"ship" has the meaning given by section 245A.

9  Subparagraphs 5A(3)(j)(ii) and (iii)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

10  Section 46A (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

46A   Visa applications by unauthorised maritime arrivals

11  Subsections 46A(1) and (2)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

12  Subsection 46A(2)

Omit "the person", substitute "the unauthorised maritime arrival".

13  Paragraphs 46A(5)(a) and (b)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

14  Subsection 46A(7)

Omit "offshore entry person" (wherever occurring), substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

15  Subsection 189(2)

Omit "must detain", substitute "may detain".

16  Paragraph 189(3A)(a)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (a)  is a citizen of Papua New Guinea; and

17  Subsection 198(11)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

18  Paragraph 198AA(b)

Omit "offshore entry persons" (wherever occurring), substitute "unauthorised maritime arrivals".

19  Section 198AD (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

198AD   Taking unauthorised maritime arrivals to a regional processing country

20  Subsections 198AD(1) and (2)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

21  Paragraphs 198AD(3)(a) to (c)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

22  Subparagraph 198AD(3)(c)(i)

Omit "the person", substitute "the unauthorised maritime arrival".

23  Subsection 198AD(4)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

24  Subsection 198AD(4)

Omit "the person" (wherever occurring), substitute "the unauthorised maritime arrival".

25  Paragraph 198AD(4)(b)

Omit "the person's", substitute "the unauthorised maritime arrival's".

26  Subsection 198AD(5)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

27  Subsection 198AD(5)

Omit "offshore entry persons", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrivals".

28  Subsection 198AD(8)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

29  Subsection 198AD(8)

Omit "offshore entry persons", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrivals".

30  Subsections 198AD(11) and 198AE(1)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

31  After subsection 198AE(1)

Insert:

          (1A)  The Minister may, in writing, vary or revoke a determination made under subsection (1) if the Minister thinks that it is in the public interest to do so.

32  Subsection 198AE(2)

After "subsection (1)", insert "or (1A)".

33  At the end of subsection 198AE(3)

Add "or (1A)".

34  Subsection 198AE(4)

After "subsection (1)", insert "or varies or revokes a determination under subsection (1A)".

35  Paragraph 198AE(4)(a)

After "determination", insert ", the determination as varied or the instrument of revocation".

36  Paragraph 198AE(4)(b)

After "determination", insert ", variation or revocation".

37  Paragraphs 198AE(5)(a) and (b)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

38  Paragraphs 198AE(6)(a) and (b)

After "made", insert ", varied or revoked".

39  Subsection 198AE(7)

After "subsection (1)", insert "or (1A)".

40  Subsection 198AE(7)

Omit "offshore entry person" (wherever occurring), substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

41  Subsection 198AE(8)

Omit "A determination under subsection (1)", substitute "An instrument under subsection (1) or (1A)".

42  Sections 198AF and 198AG

Omit "offshore entry person" (wherever occurring), substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

43  Section 198AH

Before "Section 198AD", insert "(1)".

44  Paragraph 198AH(a)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

45  Paragraph 198AH(c)

Omit "achieved); and", substitute "achieved)."

46  Paragraphs 198AH(d) and (e)

Repeal the paragraphs.

47  At the end of section 198AH

Add:

             (2)  Subsection (1) of this section applies whether or not the transitory person has been assessed to be covered by the definition of refugee in Article 1A of the Refugees Convention as amended by the Refugees Protocol.

47A  At the end of Subdivision B of Division 8 of Part 2

Add:

198AI  Ministerial report

                   The Minister must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, cause to be laid before each House of Parliament a report setting out:

                     (a)  the activities conducted under the Bali Process during the year ending on 30 June; and

                     (b)  the steps taken in relation to people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crime to support the Regional Cooperation Framework during the year ending on 30 June; and

                     (c)  the progress made in relation to people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crime under the Regional Cooperation Framework during the year ending on 30 June.

198AJ   Reports about unauthorised maritime arrivals

             (1)  The Minister must cause to be laid before each House of the Parliament, within 15 sitting days of that House after the end of a financial year, a report on the following:

                     (a)  arrangements made by regional processing countries during the financial year for unauthorised maritime arrivals who make claims for protection under the Refugees Convention as amended by the Refugees Protocol, including arrangements for:

                              (i)  assessing those claims in those countries; and

                             (ii)  the accommodation, health care and education of those unauthorised maritime arrivals in those countries;

                     (b)  the number of those claims assessed in those countries in the financial year;

                     (c)  the number of unauthorised maritime arrivals determined in those countries in the financial year to be covered by the definition of refugee in Article 1A of the Refugees Convention as amended by the Refugees Protocol.

             (2)  However, a report under this section need deal with a particular regional processing country in accordance with subsection (1) only so far as information provided by the country makes it reasonably practicable for the report to do so.

             (3)  A report under this section must not include:

                     (a)  the name of a person who is or was an unauthorised maritime arrival; or

                     (b)  any information that may identify such a person; or

                     (c)  the name of any other person connected in any way with any person covered by paragraph (a); or

                     (d)  any information that may identify that other person.

48  Sections 198C and 198D

Repeal the sections.

49  Subparagraphs 336F(3)(a)(ii) and (iii) and (4)(a)(ii) and (iii)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

50  Paragraphs 336F(5)(c) to (cc)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

51  Section 494AA (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

494AA   Bar on certain legal proceedings relating to unauthorised maritime arrivals

52  Paragraph 494AA(1)(a)

Omit "offshore entry by an offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised entry by an unauthorised maritime arrival".

53  Paragraphs 494AA(1)(b) and (c)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

54  Paragraph 494AA(1)(c)

Omit "the person", substitute "the unauthorised maritime arrival".

55  Paragraph 494AA(1)(e)

Omit "offshore entry person", substitute "unauthorised maritime arrival".

56  Subsection 494AA(4) (definition of ineligibility period )

Omit "offshore", substitute "unauthorised".

57  Subsection 494AA(4) (definition of offshore entry )

Repeal the definition.

58  Subsection 494AA(4)

Insert:

"unauthorised entry" means an entry into Australia that occurs:

                     (a)  at an excised offshore place after the excision time for that place; or

                     (b)  at any other place on or after the commencement of section 5AA.


 

Part 2 -- Application, transitional and saving provisions

59  Definitions

In this Part:

commencement means the commencement of this item.

Migration Act means the Migration Act 1958 .

60  Application provision--subparagraph 5AA(1)(a)(i) of the Migration Act

(1)       This item applies to an unauthorised maritime arrival who entered Australia by sea as mentioned in subparagraph 5AA(1)(a)(i) of the Migration Act, as inserted by this Schedule.

(2)       The amendments made by items 18 to 47 of this Schedule apply in relation to the unauthorised maritime arrival only if he or she entered Australia by sea as mentioned in that subparagraph on or after 13 August 2012.

61  Application provision--subsection 198AE(1A) of the Migration Act

Subsection 198AE(1A) of the Migration Act, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to a determination under subsection 198AE(1) of that Act that is made before or after commencement.

61A  Transitional provision--section 198AJ of the Migration Act

Section 198AJ of the Migration Act applies to the period beginning on 13 August 2012 and ending on the first 30 June after commencement as if that period were a financial year.

62  Saving provision

(1)       This item applies to:

                     (a)  an authorisation (the access authorisation ) under section 336D of the Migration Act; or

                     (b)  an authorisation (the disclosure authorisation ) under section 336F of the Migration Act;

that was in force immediately before commencement.

Access authorisation

(2)       The access authorisation is taken, after commencement, to authorise access to identifying information relating to unauthorised maritime arrivals to the extent that, immediately before commencement, the authorisation authorised access to identifying information relating to offshore entry persons.

Disclosure authorisation

(3)       The disclosure authorisation is taken, after commencement, to authorise the disclosure of identifying information relating to unauthorised maritime arrivals to the extent that, immediately before commencement, the authorisation authorised the disclosure of identifying information relating to offshore entry persons.

References to offshore entry person

(4)       Any reference in the access authorisation or disclosure authorisation to an offshore entry person is taken, after commencement, to be a reference to an unauthorised maritime arrival.