ACT No. XXX III of 1988 cl N A eT Jlmher 10 amend Ihe Imm;grl1l;on Act. 1970 BE IT ENACrED by the I'r~sident. by and Wi l h the advic~ and conSClll of [he House of Representali<'es. in [his present Parliament asscml:1 lcd. and l:1y the autho rity of the ,ame. as follow~:-

P AUL X U ER I, n

ACling President

ACT No. XXX III of 1988

cl N A eT Jlmher 10 amend Ihe Imm;grl1l;on Act. 1970

BE IT ENACrED by the I'r~sident. by and Wi l h the advic~ and

conSClll of [he House of Representali<'es. in [his present Parliament

asscml:1 lcd. and l:1y the autho rity of the ,ame. as follow~:-

I. (1) This Act may he cited as the Immigration (Amendment)

Act. 19&5 and shall he reJd and construed as one with the Immigralion

Ael . 19711 heremafter referred 10 as "the principJI Act" .

This Act shall be deemed [0 ha"e come il110 force on Ihe

(1)

I·Hh ~by. I'iS7.

( I ) J n the proviso to S;;:CI ion .j. in subsection (I) of section 7.

in S,'CI ion I I. in subsection (I ) of seclion 12, '" Ill(' proviso 10 subsection

(1) of section 13 and in the proviso to suhseetion (2) of >ection 2~ . of t h~

,'rincipJI ACI for Ihe words " Mull,[er responsible for immigralion"

where, er they OCCllr. Ih.:re shall he su hstiwled in each cas<: the words

" Prim,- /'li n i~ler" .

In Ih,' principa l Act. other Ihan in Ihe sections and

(2)

~llhscclions referred [0 in soh'>l'<:Iion (1) of this $eClion. for the words

"M'ni~lc r rcsponsih1c for imm igration" "herever they occur. thcre shall

be Sll h~tilll l ed Ilw words" Mmiskr r"sponsihle for Ihe imerior "_

J . For sllrn.eclion (I) of ",clion 26 of Ihe principal A"I there shall

he ,u h,lilut"d [he follm","g

"( I) The Prim" Mini,le r Jnd Ihc Minister responsihle for Ihe

i11lni,,, may each authorise in "'riting a public officer nOl below Ihe rank

of" Head uf Departmel1t to exercise on his beha lf all or any of Ihe

pt"""r, c<>nkrr~d on him a~ Prim~ Mini sl,'r or as Ihe Minister

A

responsih1c for the imerior, as th~ c~>C may he, hy this Act, exclud ing: in

r<'sr.occt of th<' Prime Minister the powcrs conferred hy ~uhsection (I) of

~ect inn J lmd in respeCT of Ih~ M inisler responsible for the inlerior, the

f'owers conkm'd hy Ihe proviso to suhs<'cTion (2) of seclinn 14 and

'cction .16

Pro vi ded th"TThe Prime Minist er a nd the Minister rcsponsihk

fnr T he ,nte""r mav authnri~ under this suhscction diffa'.'nt person' for

dIfferent pllq)(),es'_" _

Pas..:d by the Hous<' of Reprcscntatives m Si lting No. 174 ofthc 2Jrd Nowm bcr,

19H8.

LAWRENCE GON Zl

Speaker

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