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Details: C2010B00269
- C2010B00269
A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958 in relation to asylum seekers and immigration detention, to restore rights and procedural fairness to persons affected by decisions taken under the Act, and for related purposes
Part 1—Amendment establishing asylum seeker principles 3
Part 2—Amendments facilitating judicial review of detention decisions 4
Part 3—Amendments repealing excised offshore places provisions 7
Part 4—Amendments restoring fair process and procedural fairness 9
Part 5—Amendments relating to the duration of detention 12
Schedule 2—Amendment of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 13
This Act may be cited as the Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Act 2010.
Part 1—Amendment establishing asylum seeker principles
4AAA Asylum seeker principles
(1) The section establishes the principles that are to apply to persons seeking asylum in accordance with this Act (the asylum seeker principles).
(2) The asylum seeker principles established in this section are based on principles contained in international conventions and treaties to which Australia is a signatory, as they relate to refugees and asylum seekers.
(3) The asylum seeker principles are:
(a) immigration detention that is indefinite or otherwise arbitrary is not acceptable and the length and conditions of such detention, including the appropriateness of both the accommodation and the services provided, must be subject to regular review;
(b) detention in immigration detention facilities must only be used as a last resort and for the shortest practicable time;
(c) people in immigration detention must be treated fairly and reasonably within the law;
(d) living conditions in immigration detention must ensure the inherent dignity of the human person.
(4) Any person making any decision about refugees, asylum seekers, immigration detention or a related matter under this Act, or a under a regulation or other instrument made under this Act, must have regard to the asylum seeker principles set out in subsection (3).
Part 2—Amendments facilitating judicial review of detention decisions
2 Subsection 42(4) (note)
3 Subsection 189(1)
4 Subsection 189(2)
5 After section 195A
195B Detainee may apply for an order for release
(1) An officer who has detained a person under section 189 must, as soon as practicable after detaining the person, set out in writing:
(b) the reasons for the decision to detain the person; and
(c) the grounds for the decision to continue to detain the person.
(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after an officer detains a person under section 189, the officer must ensure that the person is given a copy of the information required to be set out under subsection (1) in relation to the detention of the person.
(3) A person detained under section 189 may apply to a magistrate for an order that he or she be released from detention because there are no reasonable grounds to justify:
(a) the officer’s decision to detain the person; or
(b) the officer’s decision to continue to detain the person.
(4) If the magistrate is not satisfied that, in all the circumstances, it is appropriate that the person continue to be detained, the magistrate may make any order the magistrate sees fit, including:
(a) an order that the person must be released; or
(b) an order that the person must be granted a visa, including a bridging visa, subject to any conditions the magistrate considers appropriate.
(5) A decision to detain a person under section 189 or to continue to detain a person detained under section 189 is not a privative clause decision.
195C Order for continued detention
(1) A person detained under section 189 must not be detained for more than 30 days except in accordance with an order made under this section.
(2) The Secretary may apply to a magistrate for an order that a person detained under section 189 is to continue to be detained for more than 30 days.
(3) An application under subsection (2) must specify why it is necessary to continue to detain the person.
(4) If the magistrate is satisfied that, in all the circumstances, it is appropriate that the person is to continue to be detained, the magistrate may make an order for the continued detention of the person, subject to any conditions the magistrate considers appropriate, until:
(a) the person is released from detention pursuant to paragraph 196(1)(c); or
(b) a specified date.
(5) If the magistrate is not satisfied that, in all the circumstances, it is appropriate that the person is to continue to be detained, the magistrate may make any order the magistrate sees fit, including:
(a) an order that the person must be released from detention; or
6 Subsection 196(3)
(3) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not prevent the release of a person from detention in accordance with a court order under section 195B or 195C.
(1) The amendments made by this Part apply in relation to a person who:
(a) was detained under section 189 as it was in force immediately prior to the commencement day; and
(b) continues to be detained on the commencement day;
with the modifications set out in subitem (2).
(2) The amendments made by this Part operate in relation to a person mentioned in subitem (1) as if:
(a) subsection 195B(1) were modified by omitting “as soon as practicable after detaining the person” and substituting “as soon as practicable after the commencement day”; and
(b) subsection 195B(2) were modified by omitting “As soon as reasonably practicable after an officer detains a person under section 189” and substituting “As soon as reasonably practicable after the commencement day”; and
(c) subsection 195C(1) were modified by inserting “after the commencement day” after “more than 30 days”; and
(d) subsection 195C(2) were modified by inserting “after the commencement day” after “more than 30 days”.
Part 3—Amendments repealing excised offshore places provisions
8 Subsection 5(1) (definition of excised offshore place including the note)
9 Subsection 5(1) (definition of excision time)
10 Subsection 5(1) (note 1 to the definition of immigration detention)
11 Subsection 5(1) (definition of offshore entry person)
12 Subsection 5(1) (paragraph (a) of the definition of transitory person)
13 Subparagraph 5A(3)(j)(ii)
14 Section 46A
15 Subsection 189(1)
Omit “(other than an excised offshore place)”.
16 Paragraph 189(2)(a)
17 Subsections 189(3), (4) and (5)
18 Paragraph 193(1)(c)
19 Section 197AA
Omit “required or”.
20 Subsection 197AD(1) (note 2)
Omit “requires”, substitute “permits”.
21 Paragraph 198(2)(a)
22 Section 198A
23 Subsection 198D(3) (paragraph (b) of the definition of uncooperative conduct)
24 Subsection 198D(3) (paragraph (c) of the definition of uncooperative conduct)
25 Subparagraphs 336F(3)(a)(ii) and (4)(a)(ii)
27 Section 494AA
(1) The amendments made by this Part apply to a visa application that has not been finally determined before the commencement day.
Part 4—Amendments restoring fair process and procedural fairness
29 Subsection 5(1) (definition of migration decision)
migration decision means a decision under this Act.
30 Subsection 5(1) (definition of non‑privative clause decision)
31 Subsection 5(1) (definition of privative clause decision)
32 Subsection 5(1) (definition of purported privative clause decision)
33 Section 5E
34 Subsection 32(2)
35 Paragraph 36(2)(a)
36 Section 51A
37 Section 97A
38 Section 118A
39 Section 127A
40 Section 357A
41 Section 422B
42 Part 8
43 Subsection 486A(3)
date of the migration decision means:
(a) in the case of a migration decision made under subsection 43(1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975—the date of the written decision under that subsection; or
(b) in the case of a written migration decision made by the Migration Review Tribunal or the Refugee Review Tribunal—the date of the written statement under subsection 368(1) or 430(1); or
(c) in the case of an oral migration decision made by the Migration Review Tribunal or the Refugee Review Tribunal—the date of the oral decision; or
(d) in any other case—the date of the written notice of the decision or, if no such notice exists, the date that the Court considers appropriate.
44 Subsection 486A(4)
Omit “subsection 477(3)”, substitute “subsection (3)”.
45 Paragraph 486C(2)(a)
46 Subsection 486C(3)
Omit “section 476 of this Act,”.
47 Subsection 486C(3A)
Omit “and proceedings in which the Federal Court has jurisdiction under paragraph 476A(1)(b) or (c)”.
48 Subsection 503B(14) (table items 1, 2 and 3)
Repeal the table items.
Part 5—Amendments relating to the duration of detention
49 Subsections 196(4), (4A), (5), (5A), (6) and (7)