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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Migration Amendment (Common Sense
Partner Visa) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Mr Hill)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Migration Act 1958
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and for related purposes
No. , 2020
Migration Amendment (Common Sense Partner Visa) Bill 2020
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Migration Act 1958
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No. , 2020
Migration Amendment (Common Sense Partner Visa) Bill 2020
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A Bill for an Act to amend the
Migration Act 1958
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and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Migration Amendment (Common Sense Partner
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Visa) Act 2020
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Migration Amendment (Common Sense Partner Visa) Bill 2020
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Migration Act 1958
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1 At the end of section 40
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Add:
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(4) Despite any provision of the regulations, an application for a visa
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referred to in the regulations as a Subclass 309 (Partner
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(Provisional)) visa may be granted whether the applicant is inside
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or outside Australia.
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(5) Subsection (4) applies in relation to a visa granted during the
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period beginning the day this subsection commences and ending on
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31 December 2021, whether or not the application for the visa was
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made before or after the commencement of this subsection.
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