2013‑2014

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment (Restoring Merits Review) Bill 2014

No.      , 2014

(Mr Wilkie)

A Bill for an Act to restore access to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for asylum seekers with adverse security assessments, and for related purposes

Contents

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

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

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                3

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979                                    3

A Bill for an Act to restore access to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for asylum seekers with adverse security assessments, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment (Restoring Merits Review) Act 2014.

2  Commencement

                   This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3  Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

1  Subsection 35(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of prescribed administrative action)

Repeal the paragraph.

2  Paragraph 36(b)

Repeal the paragraph.

3  Subsection 37(3)

Omit “The”, substitute “Subject to subsection (3A), the”.

4  After subsection 37(3)

Insert:

          (3A)  Regulations under subsection (3) may not prescribe matters in relation to assessments of a particular class if the class is defined by reference to, or could include assessments of, persons seeking asylum in Australia.

5  Subsection 54(2)

Omit “(other than a review of a security assessment made for the purposes of subsection 202(1) of the Migration Act 1958)”.