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Migration Laws Amendment Act 1993

No. 59 of 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Section

 1. Short title
 2. Commencement

PART 2—AMENDMENT OF THE MIGRATION REFORM ACT 1992

Division 1—Principal Act

 3. Principal Act

Division 2—Deferral of the commencement date of certain provisions of the
Principal Act from 1 November 1993 to 1 September 1994

 4. Object of Division
 5. Commencement
 6. Transitional—refugee applications
 7. Transitional—application
 8. Repeal of section 41

Division 3—Technical corrections

 9. Object of Division
 10. Commencement
 11. Interpretation

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued

Section

PART 3—AMENDMENT OF THE MIGRATION ACT 1958

                   Division 1—Principal Act

 12. Principal Act

Division 2—Amendments consequential on the deferral of the commencement date of certain provisions of the Migration Reform Act 1992 from 1 November 1993 to 1 September 1994

 13. Object of Division
 14. Interpretation
 15. Lawful non-citizens
 16. Unlawful non-citizens
 17. Application of Subdivision
 18. Interpretation
 19. Powers of entry and search
 20. Decisions reviewable by Refugee Review Tribunal

Division 3—Technical corrections

 21. Object of Division
 22. Interpretation
 23. Period of grace
 24. Heading to Subdivision AA of Division 2 of Part 2
 25. Minister may substitute more favourable decision
 26. Minister may substitute more favourable decision

Division 4—Amendments to up-date a cross-reference to the regulations

 27. Object of Division
 28. Decisions reviewable by Refugee Review Tribunal

Division 5—Amendments to allow the Refugee Review Tribunal to deal with the backlog of review applications

 29. Object of Division
 30. Insertion of new section:

             166BAA. Refugee Review Tribunal to deal with the backlog of review applications

Division 6—Amendments relating to pre-commencement decisions made by members of the Refugee Review Tribunal in their capacity as delegates of the Minister

 31. Object of Division
 32. Insertion of new section:

             166BG. Certain decisions made by members of the Tribunal in their capacity as delegates of the Minister to be treated as decisions of the Tribunal for certain purposes

Division 7—Amendments relating to custody of certain non-citizens

 33. Object of Division
 34. Interpretation
 35. Designated persons to be in custody

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued

Section

PART 4—AMENDMENT OF THE MIGRATION (DELAYED VISA APPLICATIONS) TAX ACT 1992

 36. Principal Act
 37. Object of Part
 38. Commencement

PART 5—AMENDMENT OF THE MIGRATION (OFFENCES AND UNDESIRABLE PERSONS) AMENDMENT ACT 1992

 39. Principal Act
 40. Object of Part
 41. Commencement

Migration Laws Amendment Act 1993

No. 59 of 1993

An Act to amend the law relating to migration

[Assented to 28 October 1993]

  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title

  1. This Act may be cited as the Migration Laws Amendment Act 1993.

Commencement

2.(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

  (2) The following provisions commence on 1 September 1994: