2010-2011-2012

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012

(Amendments to be moved by Mr Morrison)

(1)     Schedule 1, item 27, page 6 (lines 26 to 29), omit paragraph (e), substitute:

                     (e)  the designation of a country to be an offshore assessment country need be determined only by reference to the fact that the country is a party to the Refugees Convention or the Refugees Protocol.

 [designation of a country to be an offshore assessment country]

(2)     Schedule 1, item 27, page 7 (lines 1 to 4), omit subsection 198AB(2), substitute:

             (2)  The only conditions for the exercise of the power under subsection (1) are that the Minister thinks that it is in the national interest to designate the country to be an offshore assessment country, and that the country is a party to the Refugees Convention or the Refugees Protocol.

[designation of a country to be an offshore assessment country]

(3)     Schedule 1, item 25, page 8 (lines 31 to 32), omit paragraph(f), substitute:

                      (f)  a copy of the instruments of accession by the country to the Refugees Convention or the Refugees Protocol.

 [documents to be laid before the Parliament]