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Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of bills homepages, the authoritative sources for verifying the progress of bills are the House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings and the Journals of the Senate.

Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Not Proceeding
Portfolio	Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

Summary

Amends the Migration Act 1958 to: clarify certain visa related matters (immigration status of non-citizen children born in Australia, security for compliance, bridging visas, special purpose visas and non-citizen student visas); create a Deputy Principal Member position for the Migration Review Tribunal; remove ambiguities surrounding certain offence provisions; and correct a technical error. Also contains application provisions.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	13/03/02
Second reading moved	13/03/02
Second reading agreed to	12/12/02
Consideration in detail debate	12/12/02	Amendment details: 2 government amendments agreed to
Third reading agreed to	12/12/02

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	05/02/03
Second reading moved	05/02/03
Second reading debate	23/03/04
Second reading agreed to	30/03/04
Committee of the Whole debate	30/03/04	Amendment details: 3 Opposition and 1 Australian Democrats agreed to
Third reading agreed to	30/03/04

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message	01/04/04	Details: House disagreed to Senate amendments

Senate
Message from House of Reps reported	01/04/04
Lapsed at end of Parliament	16/11/04