Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001 (Cth)

Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001

Act No. 129 of 2001 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 20 December 2005

[This Act was amended by Act No. 141 of 2005]

Amendment from Act No. 141 of 2005 [Schedule 4 (item 19) amended Schedule 1 (item 11) Schedule 4 (item 19) commenced on 12 December 2005]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

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

Schedule 1—Jurisdiction and proceedings of courts

Part 1—Amendments commencing on Royal Assent Migration Act 1958

Part 2—Amendments commencing on Proclamation Migration Act 1958

Schedule 2—Technical amendments

Part 1—Character test Migration Act 1958 Migration Legislation Amendment (Strengthening of Provisions relating to Character and Conduct) Act 1998

Part 2—Other technical corrections Migration Act 1958 Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998 Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents) Act 1999 An Act to amend the law relating to migration, and for related 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. 1) 2001.

2 Commencement

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the following provisions commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation: (a) Part 2 of Schedule 1; (b) items 5, 6 and 7 of Schedule 2.

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