Migration Legislation Amendment (Sponsorship Measures) Act 2003 (Cth)

Migration Legislation Amendment (Sponsorship Measures) Act 2003

No. 99, 2003

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

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—The sponsorship system Migration Act 1958

Schedule 2—MRT‑reviewable decisions Migration Act 1958

Migration Legislation Amendment (Sponsorship Measures) Act 2003

No. 99, 2003

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

[Assented to 14 October 2003]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Migration Legislation Amendment (Sponsorship Measures) Act 2003.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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

Migration Act 1958

1 Subsection 5(1) Insert:

approved sponsor, in relation to a visa of a kind (however described) to which Division 3A of Part 2 applies, has the meaning given by section 140D.

2 After Division 3 of Part 2 Insert:

Division 3A—Sponsorship

Subdivision A—Application of Division

140A Division applies to prescribed kinds of visa

This Division applies to visas of a prescribed kind (however described).

Subdivision B—Sponsorship system

140B Sponsorship as a criterion for prescribed visas

(1) The regulations may provide that sponsorship by an approved sponsor is a criterion for a visa of a prescribed kind (however described).

(2) A criterion prescribed under subsection (1) is in addition to any other criteria for the visa that: (a) may be prescribed under any other provision of this or any other Act; or (b) are set out in this or any other Act.