Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014 (Cth)

Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014

No. 129, 2014

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

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Character test amendments Migration Act 1958 Schedule 2—General visa cancellation amendments Migration Act 1958

Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014 No. 129, 2014

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

[Assented to 10 December 2014]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 10 December 2014 2. Schedule 1, items 1 to 25 The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 11 December 2014 3. Schedule 1, items 26 and 27 The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 11 December 2014 However, if items 16 and 17 of Schedule 5 to the Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Act 2014 commence on or before the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent, the provisions do not commence at all. 4. Schedule 1, items 28 to 32 The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 11 December 2014 5. Schedule 2 The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 11 December 2014