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Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018

Supplmentary Explanatory Memorandum relating to sheet LX141

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon. David Coleman MP)
Amendments to be Moved on Behalf of the Government

Outline

These government amendments to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 (the Bill) amend the amendments moved by Senator Storer, and Senator McKim on behalf of the Australian Greens.

Specifically, the government amendments provide that an officer must not bring a person to Australia from a regional processing country if the officer knows, or reasonably suspects that the person has a substantial criminal record as defined in section 501(7) of the Migration Act 1958

Financial Impact Statement

These amendments will have a no financial impact.


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