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of the Quarantine Act 1908, to perform for the purposes of a law relating to quarantine or health one or more of those actions; or

    (e)     authorise a member of the Australian Federal Police to perform for the purposes of law enforcement one or more of those actions.

"(1B) Authority under subsection (1A) to disclose any part of the movement records may be limited to authority to so disclose to a specified person, a person in a specified class, or a specified organisation, only.".

Delegation

35. Section 176 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsections:

"(3) If an application for a visa that has a health criterion is made, the Minister may:

     (a)     delegate to a person the power to consider and decide whether that criterion is satisfied; and

     (b)     consider and decide, or delegate to another person the power to consider and decide, all other aspects of the application.

"(4) To avoid doubt, if there is a delegation described in paragraph (3)(a) in relation to an application for a visa:

     (a)     Subdivision AB of Division 2 of Part 2 has effect accordingly; and

     (b)    for the purposes of subsection 26ZF(1), the Minister is satisfied or not satisfied that the health criterion for the visa has been satisfied if the delegate who was given that delegation is so satisfied or not so satisfied, as the case may be.".

Regulations

  36. Section 181 of the Principal Act is amended:

  (a) by adding at the end of paragraph (1)(a):

         "(iii) the way, including the currency, in which fees for visa applications are to be paid; or

         (iv) the persons who may be paid on behalf of the Commonwealth fees for visa applications;";

  (b)    by inserting in paragraph (1)(j) "or 77" after "76";

  (c)     by omitting paragraph (1)(f).

37. The Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following section:

Regulations about passenger cards

"183.(1) Regulations under paragraph 181(1)(c) may provide for the giving of different information about different classes of people.

"(2) The regulations are to provide for the giving of information, in the form of answers to questions on a form, to be known as a passenger card, by non-citizens travelling to Australia, other than non-citizens exempted by the regulations.

"(3) The questions for a non-citizen required by subsection (2) are to include questions about:

  (a)     the non-citizen's health; and

    (b)     any criminal convictions in Australia or a foreign country of the non-citizen; and

  (c)     the purpose of the new arrival's going to Australia; and

  (d)     any unpaid debts to the Commonwealth of the non-citizen; and

    (e)     any removal or deportation from, or refusal of admission into, Australia or a foreign country