Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 113 of 1998 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 29 October 2001
[This Act was amended by Act No. 58 of 2001]
Amendment from Act No. 58 of 2001
[Schedule 4 (item 3) amended Schedule 3 (item 12)
Schedule 4 (item 3) commenced immediately after 1 June 1999]
[This Act was amended by Act No. 129 of 2001]
Amendments from Act No. 129 of 2001
[Schedule 2 (item 8) repealed Schedule 2 (item 6)
Schedule 2 (item 9) amended heading to Schedule 3 (item 12)
Schedule 2 (items 8 and 9) commenced on 1 June 1999]
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra
Contents
1............ Short title [see Note 1]....................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1
3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--MRT-reviewable decisions 3
Part 1--Amendments 3
Division 2--Decisions reviewable by Migration Review Tribunal 4
338........ Decisions reviewable by Migration Review Tribunal........................ 4
339........ Conclusive certificates........................................................................ 6
Division 3--Review of decisions by Migration Review Tribunal 6
355A..... Reconstitution of Tribunal for efficient conduct of review................ 8
359........ Tribunal may seek additional information.......................................... 9
359A..... Applicant must be given certain information................................... 10
359B..... Invitation to give additional information or comments..................... 11
359C..... Failure to give additional information or comments......................... 11
360........ Tribunal must invite applicant to appear......................................... 12
360A..... Notice of invitation to appear.......................................................... 12
362A..... Applicant entitled to have access to written material before Tribunal 13
362B..... Failure of applicant to appear before Tribunal................................. 14
368A..... Tribunal must invite parties to handing down of decision............... 15
368B..... Tribunal decision to be handed down............................................... 15
368C..... Applicant taken to be notified when representative notified........... 17
368D..... Tribunal must notify parties (parties not invited to handing down of decision) 17
369........ Certain Tribunal decisions to be published...................................... 18
379A..... Methods of dispatch of certain documents...................................... 18
Part 2--Transitional provisions 20
Schedule 2--Migration Review Tribunal 24
Part 1--Amendments 24
Part 6--Migration Review Tribunal 25
Division 1--Establishment and membership of the Migration Review Tribunal 25
394........ Establishment of the Migration Review Tribunal............................ 25
395........ Membership of Migration Review Tribunal.................................... 25
396........ Appointment of members................................................................ 25
397........ Principal Member............................................................................. 26
398........ Period of appointment of members.................................................. 26
399........ Remuneration and allowances of members....................................... 26
400........ Other terms and conditions.............................................................. 27
401........ Resignation....................................................................................... 27
402........ Disclosure of interests...................................................................... 27
403........ Removal from office......................................................................... 27
404........ Acting appointments........................................................................ 28
405........ Delegation......................................................................................... 30
Division 2--Registries and officers 30
406........ Registries.......................................................................................... 30
407........ Officers of Tribunal.......................................................................... 30
408........ Acting appointments........................................................................ 31
Part 2--Transitional provision 32
Schedule 3--Refugee Review Tribunal 33
Part 1--Amendments 33
420A..... Principal Member may give directions............................................. 33
422A..... Reconstitution of Tribunal for efficient conduct of review.............. 33
424........ Tribunal may seek additional information........................................ 34
424A..... Applicant must be given certain information................................... 35
424B..... Invitation to give additional information or comments..................... 35
424C..... Failure to give additional information or comments......................... 36
425........ Tribunal must invite applicant to appear......................................... 37
425A..... Notice of invitation to appear.......................................................... 37
426A..... Failure of applicant to appear before Tribunal................................. 38
429A..... Oral evidence by telephone etc......................................................... 38
430A..... Tribunal must invite parties to handing down of decision............... 39
430B..... Tribunal decision to be handed down............................................... 39
430C..... Applicant taken to be notified when representative notified........... 41
430D..... Tribunal must notify parties (parties not invited to handing down of decision) 41
441A..... Methods of dispatch of certain documents...................................... 42
Part 2--Application provisions 44
Schedule 4--"No further stay" conditions applicable to visas 45
Schedule 5--Cancellation of visas 46
Part 1--Amendment 46
Part 2--Application of amendment 47
Schedule 6--Miscellaneous migration matters 48
107A..... Possible non-compliances in connection with a previous visa may be grounds for cancellation of current visa 49
Schedule 7--False representations etc. under the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 51
Part 1--Amendments 51
Australian Citizenship Act 1948 51
Part 2--Application of amendments 52
Schedule 8--Technical amendments 53
Immigration (Education) Act 1971 53
Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 5) 1995 53
Notes 55
Notes to the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998 Note 1 Act No. 113, 1998; assented to 11 December 1998. For commencement (see section 2 and Gazette 1999, S51).