2004-2005-2006

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

Presented and read a first time

Migration Legislation Amendment (Return to Procedural Fairness) Bill 2006

No.      , 2006

(Senator Bartlett)

A Bill for an Act to restore the application of common law natural justice to the Migration Act 1958, and for related purposes

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Migration Act 1958                                         2

A Bill for an Act to restore the application of common law natural justice to the Migration Act 1958, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Migration Legislation Amendment (Return to Procedural Fairness) Act 2006.

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                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Amendment of the Migration Act 1958

1  Section 51A

Repeal the section.

2  Section 97A

Repeal the section.

3  Section 118A

Repeal the section.

4  Section 127A

Repeal the section.

5  Section 357A

Repeal the section.

6  Section 422B

Repeal the section.