MIGRATION REFORM ACT 1992 No. 184, 1992 - SECT 7

MIGRATION REFORM ACT 1992 No. 184, 1992 - SECT 7

7. The headings to Part 2 and Division 1 of Part 2, and sections 14 to 18, of
the Principal Act are repealed and the following headings and sections
substituted:
            "PART 2-CONTROL OF ARRIVAL AND PRESENCE OF NON-CITIZENS


"Division 1-Immigration status Lawful non-citizens

"14.(1) A non-citizen in the migration zone who holds a visa is a lawful
non-citizen.

"(2) An allowed inhabitant of the Protected Zone who is in a protected area in
connection with the performance of traditional activities is a lawful
non-citizen.

"(3) A non-citizen in the migration zone who:

   (a)  on 2 April 1984 was in Australia; and

   (b)  before that date, had ceased to be an immigrant; and

   (c)  on or after that date, has not left Australia, where left Australia
        has the meaning it had in this Act before 1 November 1993; and

   (d)  immediately before 1 November 1993, was not a person to whom
        section 20 of this Act as in force then applied; is a lawful
        non-citizen. Unlawful non-citizens

"15.(1) A non-citizen in the migration zone who is not a lawful non-citizen is
an unlawful non-citizen.

"(2) To avoid doubt, a non-citizen in the migration zone who, immediately
before 1 November 1993, was an illegal entrant within the meaning of the
Migration Act as in force then became, on that date, an unlawful non-citizen.
Effect of cancellation of visa on status

"16. To avoid doubt, subject to subsection 14(2) (certain inhabitants of
protected zone), if a visa is cancelled its former holder, if in the migration
zone, becomes, on the cancellation, an unlawful non-citizen. Removal of
immigration rights of inhabitant of Protected Zone

"17. The Minister may declare, in writing, that it is undesirable that a
specified inhabitant of the Protected Zone continue to be permitted to enter
or remain in Australia.".