Migration and Ombudsman Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

Type: Government
Portfolio: Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Originating house: Senate
Status: Act
Parliament no: 41
Summary: Amends the:
Migration Act 1958
  to: establish a time limit of 90 days for the making of protection visa decisions by the Minister and the review of those decisions by the Refugee Review Tribunal; and permit the disclosure of personal identifying information to the public to assist with identifying or locating persons in connection with the administration of the Act;
Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981
,
Migration Act 1958
,
Ombudsman Act 1976
  and proposed
Postal Industry Ombudsman Act 2005
  to introduce measures for the Commonwealth Ombudsman to support and facilitate the Ombudsman’s role in immigration and detention matters; and
Migration Act 1958
  and
Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001
  as a consequence of the commencement of the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
.

Progress

Senate
15 Sep 2005	Introduced and read a first time
15 Sep 2005	Second reading moved
13 Oct 2005	Second reading agreed to
13 Oct 2005	Third reading agreed to

House of Representatives
13 Oct 2005	Introduced and read a first time
30 Nov 2005	Second reading moved
30 Nov 2005	Second reading agreed to
30 Nov 2005	Third reading agreed to

12 Dec 2005

Assent

Act no.: 141

Year: 2005

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

No documents at present

Schedules of amendments

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Committee Information

No documents at present

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Text of bill

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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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