2013-2014-2015 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Migration Amendment (Regional 

Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015 

 

No.      , 2015 

 

(Immigration and Border Protection) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958, 

and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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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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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 may be cited as the Migration Amendment (Regional 

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Processing Arrangements) Act 2015. 

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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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Commencement information 

Column 1 

Column 2 

Column 3 

Provisions 

Commencement 

Date/Details 

1.  Sections 1 to 3 

and anything in 

this Act not 

elsewhere covered 

by this table 

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 

 

2.  Schedule 1 

18 August 2012. 

18 August 2012 

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  After section 198AH 

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Insert: 

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198AHA  Power to take action etc. in relation to arrangement or 

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regional processing functions of a country 

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(1)  This section applies if the Commonwealth enters into an 

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arrangement with a person or body in relation to the regional 

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processing functions of a country. 

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(2)  The Commonwealth may do all or any of the following: 

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(a)  take, or cause to be taken, any action in relation to the 

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arrangement or the regional processing functions of the 

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country; 

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(b)  make payments, or cause payments to be made, in relation to 

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the arrangement or the regional processing functions of the 

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country; 

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(c)  do anything else that is incidental or conducive to the taking 

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of such action or the making of such payments. 

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(3)  To avoid doubt, subsection (2) is intended to ensure that the 

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Commonwealth has capacity and authority to take action, without 

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otherwise affecting the lawfulness of that action. 

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(4)  Nothing in this section limits the executive power of the 

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Commonwealth. 

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(5)  In this section: 

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action includes: 

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(a)  exercising restraint over the liberty of a person; and 

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(b)  action in a regional processing country or another country. 

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arrangement includes an arrangement, agreement, understanding, 

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promise or undertaking, whether or not it is legally binding. 

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Schedule 1  Amendments 

   

 

 

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regional processing functions includes the implementation of any 

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law or policy, or the taking of any action, by a country in 

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connection with the role of the country as a regional processing 

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country, whether the implementation or the taking of action occurs 

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in that country or another country. 

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