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1998-1999-2000-2001
The
Parliament of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Migration
Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 5)
2001
No. ,
2001
(Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Migration Act 1958, and for other purposes
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958,
and for other purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Migration Legislation Amendment Act
(No. 5) 2001.
This Act commences on 21 December 2001, immediately after the
commencement of Schedule 1 to the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act
2000.
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any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.
1 After section 488A
Insert:
(1) An airline operator, a shipping operator, a travel agent or a
prescribed organisation may, for any purpose that is likely to facilitate the
administration or enforcement of this Act or the regulations, disclose to an
officer information about any matter relating to travel:
(a) that has been, is being, or is proposed to be, undertaken by any
person on the way (directly or indirectly) to the migration zone; or
(b) that has been, is being, or is proposed to be, undertaken and that
involves the departure from the migration zone of any person;
even if the information is personal information (as defined in the
Privacy Act 1988).
(2) To avoid doubt, this section does not:
(a) require anyone to disclose information; or
(b) affect a requirement of, or under, a provision of this Act or the
regulations for a person to disclose information (whether by answering a
question, by providing a document or by other means).
(3) In this section:
officer includes a person who is a clearance officer within
the meaning of section 165.
organisation has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act
1988.
travel agent includes an organisation that is involved in
arranging or facilitating travel.