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• Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents Integrity Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to strengthen and improve the regulation of migration agents; and make minor technical and consequential amendments. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Identification and Authentication) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide a legislative framework for the collection of personal identifiers, such as fingerprints and handprints, photographs, physical measurements, audio and video recordings, signatures, iris scans and any other identifiers prescribed in regulations, from certain non-citizens at key points in the immigration process. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Duration of Detention) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to clarify that an unlawful non-citizen must be kept in immigration detention unless a court finally determines that the detention is unlawful or that the detainee is not an unlawful non-citizen. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Sponsorship Measures) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: provide a framework for the Migration Regulations to prescribe requirements relating to sponsorship; and prevent abuse of the merits review process by certain temporary visa applicants who fail to meet the sponsorship requirements of their visa. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Maritime Legislation Amendment (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Navigation Act 1912

  and

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to update cross-references and reflect the Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships, set out in Annex IV of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, which will ensure that the level of environmental protection from marine sewage in Australia is consistent with internationally adopted standards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Bill 2002 and further to the package of bills implementing the framework for medical indemnity insurance, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  ,

  Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001

  ,

  Insurance Act 1973

  and

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  to: require medical defence organisations (MDOs) to provide data to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; and prevent MDOs with discretionary liabilities from becoming authorised insurers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002 and further to the package of bills implementing the framework for medical indemnity insurance, the bill provides for: medical indemnity cover only to be provided by general insurers and only under contracts of insurance, which will ensure that providers are subject to appropriate prudential supervision by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; transitional arrangements for current providers to meet minimum capital requirements; minimum product standards for medical indemnity insurance contracts; compulsory retroactive cover; and anti-avoidance provisions. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide increased protection to confidential information given to the Minister for the purposes of making decisions to refuse a visa application or to cancel an existing visa on the basis of the character or conduct of a non-citizen, by extending the statutory protection scheme in section 503A of the Act to the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981

  and

  Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993

  to increase the monetary liability and compensation for pollution damage resulting from the escape or discharge of “persistent oil” (heavy oils which do not evaporate readily) from oil tankers;

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to prohibit the disposal from a ship into the sea of incinerator ashes from plastic products which may contain toxic or heavy metal residues; allow garbage disposal placards to be written in Spanish (rather than English or French); and convert penalties from monetary amounts to penalty units.

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to clarify that stevedoring operators are not permitted to collude in setting charges for stevedoring services. Also repeals the

  Bass Strait Sea Passenger Service Agreement Act 1984

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Visa Application) Charge Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration Legislation Amendment (Contributory Parents Migration Scheme) Bill 2002, the bill amends the

  Migration (Visa Application) Charge Act 1997

  to provide for: a visa application charge limit of $26 745 in relation to certain visa applications made during the 2002-2003 financial year; and indexation of the new visa application charge limit. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum