Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 5) 2001 (Cth)

Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 5) 2001

No. 130, 2001

Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 5) 2001

No. 130, 2001

An Act to amend the Migration Act 1958, and for other purposes

Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s)..................................

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Migration Act 1958

Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 5) 2001

No. 130, 2001

An Act to amend the Migration Act 1958, and for other purposes

[Assented to 27 September 2001]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 5) 2001.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on 21 December 2001, immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Migration Act 1958

1 After section 488A Insert:

488B Authorisation to disclose information to an officer

(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).