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2022-2023-2024
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
As read a third time
Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ
Transplant Disclosure and Other
Measures) Bill 2024
No. , 2024
A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958,
and for related purposes
No. , 2024
Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and
Other Measures) Bill 2024
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
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Review of operation of amendments ................................................. 2
Schedule 1--Overseas organ transplant disclosure
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Migration Act 1958
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No. , 2024
Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and
Other Measures) Bill 2024
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T
HIS
bill originated in the Senate, and,
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having this day passed, is now ready for
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presentation to the House of
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Representatives for its concurrence.
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R
ICHARD
P
YE
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Clerk of the Senate
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The Senate
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21 August 2024
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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 (Overseas Organ Transplant
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Disclosure and Other Measures) Act 2024
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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 (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and
Other Measures) Bill 2024
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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 the end of the period of 6
months beginning on the day 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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4 Review of operation of amendments
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(1) The Minister must cause an independent review to be conducted of
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the operation of the amendments made by this Act.
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(2) The review must commence as soon as practicable after the end of
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the period of 3 years after the commencement of this Act.
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(3) The persons who undertake the review must give the Minister a
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written report of the review within 6 months of the commencement
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of the review.
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(4) The Minister must cause a copy of the report of the review to be
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tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of
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that House after the report is given to the Minister.
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Overseas organ transplant disclosure
Schedule 1
No. , 2024
Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and
Other Measures) Bill 2024
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Schedule 1--Overseas organ transplant
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disclosure
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Migration Act 1958
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1 After section 166
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Insert:
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166A Information regarding overseas organ transplants
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(1) The information that must be provided by a person entering
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Australia to a clearance authority under paragraph 166(1)(b)
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includes information in the form of answers to the following
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questions:
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(a) "Have you received an organ transplant outside Australia
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within the last 5 years?";
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(b) if the answer to the question in paragraph (a) is affirmative--
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"For each organ transplant you received outside Australia
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within the last 5 years, what is the place (the country, and the
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town or city) of the medical facility at which you received the
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transplant?";
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(c) if the answer to the question in paragraph (a) is affirmative--
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"For each organ transplant you received outside Australia
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within the last 5 years, what is the name of the medical
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facility at which you received the transplant?".
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(2) The regulations must provide for the questions mentioned in
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subsection (1) to be included in the person's passenger card (as
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referred to in regulations made for the purposes of section 166).
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(3) The Minister must cause a report on the following to be prepared
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within one month after the end of each calendar year:
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(a) the number of affirmative answers during the year to the
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question mentioned in paragraph (1)(a);
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(b) information on the places of medical facilities specified in
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answers during the year to the question mentioned in
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paragraph (1)(b), including the number of times each place
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was specified.
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Schedule 1
Overseas organ transplant disclosure
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Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and
Other Measures) Bill 2024
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(4) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each
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House of the Parliament within 10 sitting days of that House after
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it is prepared.
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