Senate debates

Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Bills

Administrative Review Tribunal (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2024; In Committee

12:47 pm

Photo of Paul ScarrPaul Scarr (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Multicultural Engagement) Share this | Hansard source

Again, Minister, especially as a fellow senator from Queensland, I'll put on the record that I note this is not your portfolio area of responsibility and that was probably a noble response to my question. I'll get more particular, though, with respect to the provisions. Section 347 of the Migration Act, which was put in place by the original trenches of the ART legislation, currently says—this is the law as it currently stands—that an application for review of a decision by the ART must be made within seven days if an applicant is in immigration detention or otherwise within 28 days. As introduced, this bill changes that requirement to explicitly specify that the application, prescribed information and prescribed documents must be provided and a prescribed fee paid within that relevant timeframe. Is that correct?

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