MIGRATION AND MARITIME POWERS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (RESOLVING THE ASYLUM LEGACY CASELOAD) ACT 2014 (NO. 135, 2014)

Contents

1............................ Short title............................................................................ 1

2............................ Commencement.................................................................. 2

3............................ Schedules............................................................................ 5

Schedule 1--Amendments relating to maritime powers 6

Part 1--Main amendments 6

Maritime Powers Act 2013 6

Part 2--Other amendments 21

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 21

Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 21

Migration Act 1958 21

Part 3--Application 23

Schedule 2--Protection visas and other measures 25

Part 1--Protection visas 25

Division 1--Protection visas generally 25

Migration Act 1958 25

Division 2--Safe haven enterprise visas 28

Migration Act 1958 28

Migration Regulations 1994 29

Division 2A--Safe haven enterprise visas: pathways to other visas 36

Migration Act 1958 36

Migration Regulations 1994 36

Division 3--Application 38

Part 2--Visa applications taken to be applications for a different visa 40

Division 1--Amendments 40

Migration Act 1958 40

Division 2--Application 43

Part 3--Deemed visa applications 44

Division 1--Amendments 44

Migration Act 1958 44

Division 2--Application 45

Part 4--Permanent protection visas and temporary protection visas 46

Division 1--Main amendments 46

Migration Regulations 1994 46

Division 2--Main amendments commencing immediately after Division 1 56

Migration Regulations 1994 56

Division 3--Consequential amendments 58

Migration Regulations 1994 58

Division 4--Amendments relating to application 60

Migration Regulations 1994 60

Schedule 2A--Protection (Class XA) visas and Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visas 62

Migration Act 1958 62

Schedule 3--Act-based visas 64

Part 1--Amendment of the Migration Act 1958 64

Division 1--Amendments 64

Migration Act 1958 64

Division 2--Application 67

Part 2--Amendment of the Migration Regulations 1994 68

Migration Regulations 1994 68

Schedule 4--Amendments relating to fast track assessment process 71

Part 1--Fast track assessment process 71

Migration Act 1958 71

Part 2--Application 103

Schedule 5--Clarifying Australia's international law obligations 104

Part 1--Removal of unlawful non-citizens 104

Division 1--Amendments commencing on the day after Royal Assent 104

Migration Act 1958 104

Division 2--Amendments if this Act commences after the Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Act 2014 105

Part 2--Amendments commencing on Proclamation 106

Migration Act 1958 106

Part 3--Contingent amendments 113

Division 1--Amendments if this Act commences before the Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Act 2014 113

Migration Act 1958 113

Division 2--Amendments if this Act commences before the Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia's Protection Obligations) Act 2014 113

Migration Act 1958 113

Division 3--Amendments if this Act commences after the Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia's Protection Obligations) Act 2014 114

Migration Act 1958 114

Part 4--Application and transitional provisions 115

Schedule 6--Unauthorised maritime arrivals and transitory persons: newborn children 116

Part 1--Amendments 116

Migration Act 1958 116

Part 2--Application of amendments 121

Schedule 7--Caseload management 125

Part 1--Amendments 125

Migration Act 1958 125

Part 2--Application and savings 127

Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MIGRATION AND MARITIME POWERS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (RESOLVING THE ASYLUM LEGACY CASELOAD) ACT 2014 (NO. 135, 2014) - NOTES