Migration Amendment Act 1991 (Cth)
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| Commencement |
| Interpretation |
| Period of grace |
| Insertion of new sections: |
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| Entry visas etc. |
| Repeal of section 18 and insertion of new section: |
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| Circumstances in which non-citizens may become illegal entrants |
| Regulations may provide for visas |
| Grant or refusal of visas |
| Grant or refusal of entry permits |
| Repeal of section and insertion of new section: |
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| Circumstances in which entry permits may be granted to statutory visitors after entry into Australia |
| Insertion of new Division: |
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| Deportation of illegal entrants |
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| Deportation order to be executed |
| Carriage of persons to Australia without documentation |
| Custody of prohibited entrant during stay of vessel in port |
| Custody of prohibited entrant during stay of aircraft in Australia |
| Insertion of new section: |
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| Internal review of certain decisions |
| Applications for review by Tribunal |
| Non-reviewable decisions |
| Remuneration and allowances of other members |
| Regulations |
| Further amendments of Principal Act |
| Application of amendments—sections 88 and 89 of the Principal Act |
SCHEDULE
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF PRINCIPAL ACT
An Act to amend the Migration Act 1958 , and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1. (1) This Act may be cited as theMigration Amendment Act 1991.
(2) In this Act,“Principal Act” means theMigration Act 1958 1 .
3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of “valid visa” and substituting the following definition:“
‘valid visa’ means a document, notation or visa that has not been cancelled under this Act or otherwise stopped being in force, being:
(a) a document or notation permitting a person to return to Australia that was issued before 1 November 1979; or
(b) a visa granted under this Act, whether before or after the commencement of section 4 of the
Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1989 ;”;
(b) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of “visa” and substituting the following definition:“
‘visa’ means an entry visa or a travel-only visa;”;
(c) by adding “or” at the end of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of “officer” in subsection (1);
(d) by adding at the end of the definition of “officer” in subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:
“; or (f) any other person authorised by the Minister, by notice published in the
Gazette , to be an officer for the purposes of this Act;”;
(e) by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:“
‘entry visa’ has the meaning given in section 17;
‘processing area’ means an area nominated by the Minister under section 54a;
‘prohibited person’ means a person who has become a prohibited person under section 54d;
‘refugee’ has the same meaning as it has in Article 1 of the Refugees Convention or in that Article as amended by the Refugees Protocol;
‘Refugees Convention’ means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28 July 1951;
‘Refugees Protocol’ means the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on 31 January 1967;
‘travel-only visa’ means any visa except an entry visa;
‘unprocessed person’ has the meaning given by section 54b;”;
(f) by adding at the end the following subsections:“(27) To avoid doubt, in this Act
‘is taken’ , when followed
by the infinitive form of a verb, has the same force and effect as
‘is deemed’ when followed by the infinitive form of that verb. “(28) To avoid doubt, except as provided by subsections 115 (5) and (6) and 137 (1) and (2):
(a) there is no power to grant a visa except under section 24 or 51; and
(b) there is no power to grant an entry permit except under section 34 or 52.”.
4. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) (a) “or”;
(b) by inserting after paragraph (2) (c) the following word and paragraph:
“; or (d) if the person withdraws his or her application for an entry permit, a review under Part 3 or a review by the Federal Court before the decision referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) respectively is made—starting when the person makes the application and ending when he or she withdraws it;”.
“16a. The holder of a valid visa may travel to Australia.
“16b. A travel-only visa does not entitle its holder to enter Australia or be granted an entry permit.”.
“(1) An entry visa may be granted to a person who has entered Australia or who is in another country.
“(2) The holder of an entry visa that is in force may enter Australia.
“(3) If the holder of an entry visa leaves Australia while the entry visa is in force, the holder may re-enter Australia if it is still in force.
“(3a) The holder of an entry visa may enter Australia only if he or she:
(a) travelled to Australia by aircraft and disembarked at a proclaimed airport; or
(b) travelled to Australia on a pre-cleared flight and did not land
in any other country after leaving the country of embarkation of the pre-cleared flight and before arriving in Australia.
“(3b) An entry visa must not be granted to a statutory visitor.”.
“18. (1) While the holder of an entry visa is not in Australia, the entry visa has effect as if it were a travel-only visa until the holder enters Australia (whether or not the holder has previously entered Australia while the entry visa was in force).
“(2) When the holder of an entry visa enters or re-enters Australia, the entry visa has effect as if it were an entry permit.
“(3) If an entry visa is granted in Australia to a person who has entered Australia, the entry visa has effect, when granted, as if it were an entry permit.
“(4) An entry visa has effect subject to any limitation on the period during which the holder is authorised to travel to or remain in Australia, and to any conditions, to which the entry visa is subject.”.
8. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by inserting in paragraph (1) (a) “has ever” after “the person”;
(b) by adding “or” at the end of paragraphs (1) (a) and (b);
(c) by inserting in paragraph (1) (b) “on any occasion” after “Australia”;
(d) by inserting in paragraph (1) (c) “on any occasion” after “issued”;
(e) by inserting after paragraph (1) (c) the following paragraph:
“(ca) the person has ever made, or caused to be made, a false or misleading statement in a declaration covered by subsection 24 (1a) or 34 (1a); or”;
(f) by inserting in paragraph (1) (d) “on any occasion” before “when the person entered Australia”;
(g) by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1a) If:
(a) a person who leaves Australia was the holder of a permanent entry permit before leaving Australia; and
(b) the person is the holder of a prescribed visa permitting him or her to return to Australia and to apply for a permanent entry permit; and
(c) the person was suffering from a prescribed disease or a
prescribed physical or mental condition when he or she left Australia or he or she developed a prescribed disease or a prescribed physical or mental condition after leaving Australia;
subparagraph (1) (d) (i) does not apply to the person in relation to that disease or condition unless the person was suffering from the disease or condition when the person was first granted a permanent entry permit and he or she did not disclose that fact at that time.”;
(h) by omitting from subparagraph (2) (b) (ii) “particular.” and substituting “particular; or”;
(i) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) (b) the following subparagraph:“(iii) the person made, or caused to be made, a false or misleading statement in a declaration covered by subsection 34 (1a).”;
(j) by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:“(4a) If:
(a) the holder of a visa gives the Secretary a section 20 notice; and
(b) the visa is not cancelled by an authorised officer at a proclaimed port;
the authorised officer must endorse the visa with a statement that he or she recognises the holder of the visa to be a person to whom subsection 20 (1) applies, or would apply, for the reasons set out in the notice.”;
(k) by inserting after subsection (14) the following subsection:“(14a) In subsection (1a):
‘prescribed disease’ means a disease prescribed for the purposes of subparagraph (1) (d) (i);
‘prescribed physical or mental condition’ means a physical or mental condition prescribed for the purposes of subparagraph (1) (d) (i).”.
“(a) in the case of an entry visa—the condition that, despite section 18, the entry visa will be taken not to be a valid entry permit for the purposes of section 47;”.
“(1a) If the applicant is a non-citizen, a form approved for the purposes of subsection (1) must:
(a) require the applicant to make a declaration about his or her character or conduct, or both; or
(b) if the form so requires—require another person to make a declaration about the applicant’s character or conduct, or both.”.
“(1a) If:
(a) the applicant is a non-citizen; and
(b) the regulations provide for the approval of a form for the purposes of applications under subsection (1);
the form approved must:
(c) require the applicant to make a declaration about his or her character or conduct, or both; or
(d) if the form so requires—require another person to make a declaration about the applicant’s character or conduct, or both.”.
“47. (1) A permanent entry permit must not be granted to a non-citizen after entry into Australia unless the non-citizen is the holder of a valid temporary entry permit.
“(2) In this section:
(a) a temporary entry permit granted subject to a condition set out in paragraph 33 (4) (a) or (b); or
(b) an entry visa granted subject to a condition set out in paragraph 23 (4) (a) or (b).”.
“(b) the Minister has determined, in writing, that the statutory visitor is a refugee.”.
14. After Division 4 of Part 2 the following Division is inserted:
“54a. The Minister may, by notice published in the
“54b. (1) If:
(a) an authorised officer reasonably supposes that a person would, on entry to Australia, become an illegal entrant; and
(b) in the authorised officer’s opinion, it is impracticable or inconvenient to decide immediately whether or not to grant the person an entry permit (whether or not the person has applied for an entry permit);
the following provisions have effect:
(c) the person becomes an unprocessed person;
(d) at the direction of an authorised officer, the person may be removed:
(i) from the vessel on which the person travelled to Australia; or
(ii) if the person has disembarked at a proclaimed airport but has not left the airport—from the airport;
(e) at the direction of an authorised officer, the person may be taken to a processing area.
“(2) The unprocessed person:
(a) is taken not to enter Australia unless he or she is granted an entry permit; and
(b) if he or she is granted an entry permit—is taken to enter Australia when he or she first leaves the processing area after being granted the permit.
“(3) Within 7 days after an unprocessed person is taken to a processing area, an authorised officer may cause a written notice to be served on the master, owner, agent or charterer of the vessel on which the unprocessed person travelled to Australia to the effect that, if the unprocessed person becomes a prohibited person, the master, owner, agent and charterer of the vessel:
(a) may be required under subsection 54f (2) of this Act to remove the person from Australia at no cost to the Commonwealth, whether or not the person is able or willing to pay, or agrees to pay, a charge for his or her removal from Australia; and
(b) may be liable under section 54e of this Act to pay to the Commonwealth:
(i) the cost of transporting the person and a custodian of
the person to a processing area, or from one processing area to another; and
(ii) the daily maintenance amount for each custody day until the person is removed from Australia; and
(iii) the cost of transporting the person and a custodian of the person from the processing area or the place where the person has been kept in custody to the vessel on which the person is to leave Australia.
“54c. An officer may:
(a) keep an unprocessed person in custody until the person has been transported to a processing area or while the person is being transported from one processing area to another; and
(b) prevent an unprocessed person from leaving a processing area until he or she:
(i) is granted an entry permit; or
(ii) becomes a prohibited person;
whichever happens first.
“54d. An unprocessed person becomes a prohibited person if the person:
(a) gives a written request to leave Australia to an authorised officer; or
(b) does not apply for an entry permit before the end of the prescribed period; or
(c) is refused an entry permit.
“54e. (1) If an unprocessed person becomes a prohibited person, the master, owner, agent and charterer of the vessel on which the person travelled to Australia are jointly and severally liable to pay the Commonwealth:
(a) the cost of transporting the person and a custodian of the person to the processing area, or from one processing area to another; and
(b) the daily maintenance amount for each custody day until the person is removed from Australia; and
(c) the cost of transporting the person and a custodian of the person from the processing area or the place where he or she is being kept in custody to the vessel on which the prohibited person is to leave Australia.
“(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the master, owner, agent or charterer of the vessel if the master, owner, agent or charterer was not
given a notice under subsection 54b (3) in relation to the prohibited person within 7 days after the prohibited person was first taken to a processing area as an unprocessed person.
“54f. (1) A prohibited person:
(a) must be removed from Australia as soon as practicable; and
(b) may be kept in custody as directed by an authorised officer until removed from Australia.
“(2) When an unprocessed person becomes a prohibited person, an authorised officer may, by written notice served on the master, owner, agent or charterer of the vessel on which the person travelled to Australia, require the master, owner, agent or charterer to remove the person from Australia at no cost to the Commonwealth, whether or not the person is able or willing to pay, or agrees to pay, a charge for his or her removal from Australia.
“(3) The master, owner, agent or charterer must:
(a) give reasonable notice to an authorised officer of his or her willingness to receive the prohibited person on board a specified vessel, at a specified place and time, for removal from Australia, being a time not later than 72 hours after the notice was served; and
(b) if the prohibited person is made available in the custody of an officer at that place and time—remove the prohibited person from Australia at no cost to the Commonwealth, whether or not the prohibited person is able or willing to pay, or agrees to pay, a charge for his or her removal from Australia.
Penalty: $10,000.
“(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to the master, owner, agent or charterer unless:
(a) a notice under subsection 54b (3) in relation to the prohibited person was served on one of them within 7 days after the person was first taken to a processing area as an unprocessed person; and
(b) a notice under subsection (2) of this section in relation to the person was served on one of them.
“(5) Failure to serve a notice in relation to a person under subsection (2) of this section or subsection 54b (3) does not prevent the person from being removed from Australia in accordance with arrangements made by an authorised officer.
“54g. An officer may:
(a) without warrant, arrest an unprocessed person or a prohibited person who:
(i) leaves a processing area:
(a) without being required to do so by an authorised officer; or
(b) without having been given written permission by an authorised officer to be temporarily absent from the processing area for a prescribed purpose; or
(ii) having been given written permission by an authorised officer to be temporarily absent from a processing area for a prescribed purpose, refuses or fails to return to the processing area before the end of that period of temporary absence; or
(iii) escapes from custody; and
(b) take the person to the processing area, or keep the person in custody, as directed by an authorised officer.
“54h. (1) For the purposes of this Division, the Minister may, by notice published in the
“(2) In making a determination under subsection (1) in respect of a State or Territory, the Minister must have regard to the cost to the Commonwealth of persons kept in custody in that State or Territory on behalf of the Commonwealth.
“(3) An amount payable to the Commonwealth under this Division may be recovered by the Commonwealth, as a debt due to the Commonwealth, in a court of competent jurisdiction.
“(4) In this Division:
“(3) If a person who is the subject of a deportation order leaves Australia voluntarily before the order is executed, the person is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have been deported in accordance with the order.”.
18. Section 88 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) “to be seeking to enter Australia in circumstances in which the person would become an illegal entrant” and substituting “would become an illegal entrant if the person were to enter Australia (whether or not the person is seeking to enter Australia)”;
(b) by inserting in subsections (1) and (2) “or until the person is granted an entry permit” before “or until”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (3) (c) “of the Commonwealth or of and substituting “in force in the Commonwealth or in”;
(d) by omitting subsection (8) and substituting the following subsection:
“(8) A person who is taken ashore under subsection (1), (2) or (3):
(a) is taken not to enter Australia unless he or she is granted an entry permit; and
(b) if he or she is granted an entry permit—is taken to enter Australia when the entry permit is granted.”.
19. Section 89 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsections (1) and (2) “to be seeking to enter Australia in circumstances in which the person would become an illegal entrant” and substituting “would become an illegal entrant if the person were to enter Australia (whether or not the person is seeking to enter Australia)”;
(b) by omitting from subsections (1), (2) and (3) all the words after “removed from Australia” and substituting “or the person is granted an entry permit”;
(c) by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsections:
“(7a) Subsection (7) does not apply to the master, owner, agent or charterer of the aircraft unless a notice was served on
the master, owner, agent or charterer in accordance with subsection (4).
“(7b) A person who is taken into custody under subsection (1), (2) or (3) may be kept in custody until the person is removed from Australia in accordance with arrangements made by an authorised officer.
“(7c) Failure to give a notice in accordance with subsection (4):
(a) does not prevent the person concerned from being kept in custody as mentioned in subsection (7b); and
(b) does not prevent the person concerned from being removed from Australia as mentioned in subsection (7b).”;
(c) by omitting subsection (8) and substituting the following subsections:“(8) A person who is taken into or held in custody under this section:
(a) is taken not to enter Australia unless he or she is granted an entry permit; and
(b) if the person is granted an entry permit:
(i) if the entry permit is granted while the person is at a proclaimed airport—he or she is taken to enter Australia when he or she first leaves the airport after the entry permit is granted; and
(ii) if the entry permit is granted after the person has been taken from a proclaimed airport—he or she is taken to enter Australia when the entry permit is granted.
“(8a) An officer may, without warrant, arrest a person who has escaped from custody in which the person was being held under this section and return the person to custody.”.
“89a. A person taken into custody under section 88 or 89:
(a) may be taken to a processing area; and
(b) if he or she is taken to a processing area, Division 4a of Part 2 applies to the person as if he or she had:
(i) become an unprocessed person upon being taken to the processing area; and
(ii) been taken to the processing area under section 54b; and
(c) if he or she is taken to a processing area—the person is taken to have ceased to be in custody under section 88 or 89, as the case may be.”.
21. Section 115 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting subsections (3) and (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) The regulations must not provide a period during which an application for review of a reviewable decision may be made that is longer than:
(a) if the applicant is physically present in Australia—28 days; or
(b) if the applicant is not physically present in Australia— 70 days.”;
(b) by omitting paragraph (5) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b) substitute for the reviewed decision:
(i) the decision sought by the applicant in the primary application; or
(ii) another decision in terms to which the applicant agrees.”;
(c) by omitting paragraph (6) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b) substitute for the reviewed decision:
(i) the decision sought by the applicant in the primary application; or
(ii) another decision in terms to which the applicant agrees.”.
“(3) The regulations must not provide a period during which an application for review of a reviewable decision may be made that is longer than:
(a) if the applicant is physically present in Australia—28 days; or
(b) if the applicant is not physically present in Australia—70 days.”.
23. Section 120 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by inserting in paragraph (1) (a) “(other than a prescribed decision made under prescribed regulations made before 1 July 1991)” after “a decision”;
(b) by omitting paragraph (1) (d) and substituting the following paragraph: “(d) a decision by the Minister that a person is not a refugee;”.
“(1) The Senior Members must be paid remuneration and allowances equal to the maximum remuneration and allowances payable to the holder of an SES office classified as SES Band 1.
“(2) The other full-time members must be paid remuneration and allowances equal to the minimum remuneration and allowances payable to the holder of an SES office classified as SES Band 1.”.
26. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE Section 26
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF PRINCIPAL ACT
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Omit “applied”, substitute “applies”.
Insert “or her” after “him”.
Omit “a review authority”, substitute “the Tribunal”.
1. No. 62, 1958, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 87, 1964; No. 10, 1966; Nos. 16 and 216, 1973; Nos. 37 and 91, 1976; Nos. 117 and 118, 1979; Nos. 89 and 175, 1980; No. 61, 1981; No. 51, 1982; Nos. 73 and 112, 1983; Nos. 22, 72 and 123, 1984; Nos. 71, 102 and 168, 1986; Nos. 86, 104, 133 and 141, 1987; Nos. 5, 38, 49 and 151, 1988; and Nos. 59 and 61, 1989.
NOTE ON ALTERATION OF SECTION HEADING
On the commencement of this Act, the heading to section 37 of the
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Minister’s second reading speech made in —
House of Representatives on 17 April 1991
Senate on 5 June 1991
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