Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 6) 2001 (Cth)

Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 6) 2001

No. 131, 2001

Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 6) 2001

No. 131, 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

Part 1—Amendments

Part 2—Application of amendments

Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 6) 2001

No. 131, 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. 6) 2001.

2 Commencement

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

(2) If this Act does not commence under subsection (1) within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.

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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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

Part 1—Amendments

1 At the end of subsection 36(1) Add:

Note: See also Subdivision AL.

2 Subsection 36(2) Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(2) A criterion for a protection visa is that the applicant for the visa is: (a) a non‑citizen in Australia to whom Australia has protection obligations under the Refugees Convention as amended by the Refugees Protocol; or (b) a non‑citizen in Australia who is the spouse or a dependant of a non‑citizen who: (i) is mentioned in paragraph (a); and (ii) holds a protection visa.