Division Description Changes — Business — Consideration of Legislation — 6th Dec 2018

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senate vote 2018-12-06#16 Edited by mackay staff on 2023-05-26 10:49:36	Title ~~Business — Consideration of Legislation~~ Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea Description ~~<p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>~~ <p>Senators, please remain in the chamber. There will be divisions, and I will be ringing the bells for one minute. I will entertain no further motions to change the time limitation under standing order 142, as the Senate has now expressed its will to deal with these bills. The question now is that the bill be read a second time.</p> The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-12-06.122.1) to agree with the main idea of the [bill](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6069) - in parliamentary jargon, they voted to read it for a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means they can now consider the bill in greater detail. ### What does this bill do? According to its [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd112), the purpose of the [Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6069) is to: * clarify that where the removal of a non-citizen from the migration zone to another country is unsuccessful, a visa is not required to bring the person back to Australia and* they remain subject to statutory bars on subsequent visa applications, where applicable (Schedule 1)* * provide that the Minister may make documents available to a person by way of an online account (Schedule 2) * provide that the Commonwealth may appropriate money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to pay refunds, rebates or drawbacks of customs duty in circumstances where those payments have no other statutory basis (Schedule 3) *** specify that regulations may make provision for the charging and recovery of fees in relation to the Passenger Movement Charge (Schedule 4).**

~~<p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>~~
<p>Senators, please remain in the chamber. There will be divisions, and I will be ringing the bells for one minute. I will entertain no further motions to change the time limitation under standing order 142, as the Senate has now expressed its will to deal with these bills. The question now is that the bill be read a second time.</p>
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-12-06.122.1) to agree with the main idea of the [bill](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6069) - in parliamentary jargon, they voted to read it for a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means they can now consider the bill in greater detail.
### What does this bill do?
According to its [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd112), the purpose of the [Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6069) is to:
* *clarify that where the removal of a non-citizen from the migration zone to another country is unsuccessful, a visa is not required to bring the person back to Australia and they remain subject to statutory bars on subsequent visa applications, where applicable (Schedule 1)*
* *provide that the Minister may make documents available to a person by way of an online account (Schedule 2)*
* *provide that the Commonwealth may appropriate money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to pay refunds, rebates or drawbacks of customs duty in circumstances where those payments have no other statutory basis (Schedule 3)*
* *specify that regulations may make provision for the charging and recovery of fees in relation to the Passenger Movement Charge (Schedule 4).*