Title Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2010
Database Bills & Legislation
Long Title A Bill for an Act to amend the [itals]Migration Act 1958[eitals] 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
Date 18-11-2010 09:55 AM
Source Senate
Parl No. 43
Bill Number 281/10
Bill Type Private
Reps Bill Code O
Status Before Senate
System Id legislation/bills/s807_first/0000

Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2010
</head> <body lang="EN-AU" xml:lang="EN-AU"> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="Session" align="right" style="text-align:right"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="Session">2010</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Parliament of the</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Commonwealth of Australia</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="House">THE SENATE</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="Reading">Presented and read a first time</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="ShortT">Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2010</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="Actno">No.      , 2010</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="Portfolio">(Senator Hanson‑Young)</p> <p class="Portfolio"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="LongT">A Bill for an Act to amend the <i>Migration Act 1958</i> 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</p> <p class="MsoHeader"><span class="CharAmSchNo"> </span><span class="CharAmSchText"> </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader"><span class="CharAmPartNo"> </span><span class="CharAmPartText"> </span></p> </div> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always"/></span> <div class="WordSection2"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Contents</span></p> <p class="MsoToc5">1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1</p> <p class="MsoToc5">2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1</p> <p class="MsoToc5">3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2</p> <p class="MsoToc6">Schedule 1—Amendment of the Migration Act 1958<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">                                     </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">3</span></p> <p class="MsoToc7">Part 1—Amendment establishing asylum seeker principles<span style="font-size:9.0pt">                      </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">3</span></p> <p class="MsoToc7">Part 2—Amendments facilitating judicial review of detention decisions<span style="font-size:9.0pt">             </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">4</span></p> <p class="MsoToc7">Part 3—Amendments repealing excised offshore places provisions<span style="font-size:9.0pt">    </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">7</span></p> <p class="MsoToc7">Part 4—Amendments restoring fair process and procedural fairness<span style="font-size:9.0pt">  </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">9</span></p> <p class="MsoToc7">Part 5—Amendments relating to the duration of detention<span style="font-size:9.0pt">                   </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">12</span></p> <p class="MsoToc6">Schedule 2—Amendment of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">13</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> </div> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always"/></span> <div class="WordSection3"> <p class="Page1">A Bill for an Act to amend the <i>Migration Act 1958</i> 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</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:normal"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt">The Parliament of Australia enacts:</span></p> <opc-section depth="0" ref="934f923095cf436a8f19561db28a507c" title="1  Short title"><a name="934f923095cf436a8f19561db28a507c"/><p class="ActHead5"><a name="_Toc277754886"><span class="CharSectno">1</span>  Short title</a></p> <p class="subsection">                    This Act may be cited as the <i>Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Act 2010</i>.</p> </opc-section><opc-section depth="0" ref="eb01e838ee914286b7ad5fb656a96c71" title="2  Commencement"><a name="eb01e838ee914286b7ad5fb656a96c71"/><p class="ActHead5"><a name="_Toc277754887"><span class="CharSectno">2</span>  Commencement</a></p> <p class="subsection">                    This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent.</p> </opc-section><opc-section depth="0" ref="7dc7675dd95e44deb4ab65b826b39985" title="3  Schedule(s)"><a name="7dc7675dd95e44deb4ab65b826b39985"/><p class="ActHead5"><a name="_Toc277754888"><span class="CharSectno">3</span>  Schedule(s)</a></p> <p class="subsection">                    Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always"/></p> </opc-section><?DMS-Include seriesId="9cb8645f-6f2a-6dcc-b989-927101a3610c"?><?DMS-Include seriesId="12c9e62a-dd00-e090-c7be-eba3d8ba084a"?></div> </body> </div></div></body></html>