Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Act 2014 (135 of 2014)

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to maritime powers

Part 1   Main amendments

Maritime Powers Act 2013

6   At the end of Division 2 of Part 2

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22A Failure to consider international obligations etc. does not invalidate authorisation

(1) The exercise of a power to give an authorisation under a provision of this Division is not invalid:

(a) because of a failure to consider Australia's international obligations, or the international obligations or domestic law of any other country; or

(b) because of a defective consideration of Australia's international obligations, or the international obligations or domestic law of any other country; or

(c) because the exercise of the power is inconsistent with Australia's international obligations.

(2) Subsection (1) is not to be taken to imply that the exercise of a power under any other provision of this Act is invalid for a reason of a kind specified in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c).

22B Rules of natural justice do not apply to authorisations

(1) The rules of natural justice do not apply to the exercise of a power to give an authorisation under a provision of this Division.

(2) Subsection (1) is not to be taken to imply that the rules of natural justice do apply in relation to the exercise of powers under any other provision of this Act.