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2002-2003
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Migration
Legislation Amendment (Further Border Protection Measures) Bill
2002
No. ,
2003
(Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Migration Act 1958, and for related purposes
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958,
and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Migration Legislation Amendment (Further
Border Protection Measures) Act 2002.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any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.
Section 46A of the Migration Act 1958 applies to a visa
application made by an offshore entry person after the excision time for the
excised offshore place concerned.
Example: If a person becomes an offshore entry person by
entering Australia at the Coral Sea Islands Territory, then the amendments apply
to any visa application made by the person after 2 pm on 19 June 2002 by
legal time in the Australian Capital Territory.
1 Subsection 5(1) (after paragraph (c) of the
definition of excised offshore place)
Insert:
(ca) the Coral Sea Islands Territory;
(cb) all islands that form part of Queensland and are north of latitude
12° south;
(cc) all islands that form part of Western Australia and are north of
latitude 23° south;
(cd) all islands that form part of the Northern Territory and are north of
latitude 16° south;
2 Subsection 5(1) (after paragraph (c) of the
definition of excision time)
Insert:
(ca) for the Coral Sea Islands Territory—2pm on 19 June 2002 by
legal time in the Australian Capital Territory; or
(cb) for all islands that form part of Queensland and are north of
latitude 12° south—2pm on 19 June 2002 by legal time in the
Australian Capital Territory; or
(cc) for all islands that form part of Western Australia and are north of
latitude 23° south—2pm on 19 June 2002 by legal time in the
Australian Capital Territory; or
(cd) for all islands that form part of the Northern Territory and are
north of latitude 16° south—2pm on 19 June 2002 by legal time in
the Australian Capital Territory; or