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Migration and Maritime Powers Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Not Proceeding
Portfolio	Immigration and Border Protection

Summary

Amends the Migration Act 1958 to: provide that if an unlawful non-citizen is in the process of being removed to another country, and before they enter that country the person is returned to Australia, then that person has a lawful basis to return to Australia without a visa; ensure that when that person is returned to Australia, bars on the person making a valid visa application for certain visas will continue to apply as if they had never left Australia; make technical and consequential amendments arising out of the enactment of the Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014; clarify that a person who has previously been refused a protection visa application that was made on their behalf cannot make a further protection visa application; ensure that fast track applicants can apply to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of certain decisions; correct a referencing error in relation to maritime crew visas; and ensure that visa ceasing provisions operate as intended; and the Maritime Powers Act 2013 to clarify that powers are able to be exercised in the course of passage through or above waters of another country in a manner consistent with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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	16/09/15
Second reading moved	16/09/15
Second reading debate	10/11/15
Second reading agreed to	10/11/15
Third reading agreed to	10/11/15

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	11/11/15
Second reading moved	11/11/15
Second reading debate	23/11/15
Second reading agreed to	23/11/15
Committee of the Whole debate	23/11/15	Amendment details: 4 Australians Greens [1 as amended by 2 Opposition] agreed to
Third reading agreed to	23/11/15

House of Representatives
Message from Senate reported	23/11/15
Lapsed at prorogation	15/04/16