Division Description Changes — Business — Consideration of Legislation; Third Reading — 16th Nov 2023

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Title

  • Business — Consideration of Legislation; Third Reading
  • Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) Bill 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-11-16.280.1) "*that the remaining stages of [the bill](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7114) be agreed to and the bill be now passed.*"
  • ### What does this bill do?
  • The bill [has the effect](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2324a/24bd38) of:
  • > *providing for the grant of bridging visas (specifically Subclass 070 (Bridging (Removal Pending)) Visa R (BVR)) to non-citizens released from immigration detention with certain monitoring conditions placed on them. A person commits an offence if they breach a relevant condition. New conditions and the provisions under which they must or may be imposed were inserted into the Migration Regulations 1994.*
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