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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2019-2020-2021
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Migration Amendment (Common Sense
for All Visas) Bill 2021
No. , 2021
(Mr Hill)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Migration Act 1958
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and for related purposes
No. , 2021
Migration Amendment (Common Sense for All Visas) Bill 2021
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Migration Act 1958
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No. , 2021
Migration Amendment (Common Sense for All Visas) Bill 2021
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A Bill for an Act to amend the
Migration Act 1958
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and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Migration Amendment (Common Sense for All
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Visas) Act 2021
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Migration Amendment (Common Sense for All Visas) Bill 2021
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Migration Act 1958
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1 At the end of section 40
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Add:
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Provisions applying until 31 December 2021
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(4) A requirement of this Act or the regulations that a visa, or a visa of
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a specified class, may only be granted to a person who is in
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Australia at the time of grant does not apply if the visa is granted:
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(a) on or after the commencement of this subsection; and
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(b) on or before 31 December 2021.
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(5) A requirement of this Act or the regulations that a visa, or a visa of
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a specified class, may only be granted to a person who is outside
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Australia at the time of grant does not apply if:
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(a) the visa is granted:
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(i) on or after the commencement of this subsection; and
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(ii) on or before 31 December 2021; and
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(b) the person is not in immigration clearance at the time of
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grant.
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(6) For the purposes of subsection (4) or (5), it does not matter
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whether the application for the visa was made before, on or after
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the commencement of this subsection.
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(7) To avoid doubt, subsection (4) does not affect any requirement that
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the person not be in immigration clearance at the time of grant.
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