Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Act 2014 (135 of 2014)

Schedule 6   Unauthorised maritime arrivals and transitory persons: newborn children

Part 2   Application of amendments

15   Prospective application for some matters

(1) The Part 1 amendments apply on and after the commencement day in relation to any matter apart from an applicable matter (for applicable matters, see item 11).

(2) For the purposes of the application of the Part 1 amendments on and after the commencement day under subitem (1):

(a) a person may be an unauthorised maritime arrival because of subsection 5AA(1A) or (1AA) of the Migration Act 1958 no matter when the person was born, whether before, on or after the commencement day; and

(b) a person may be a transitory person because of paragraph (d) or (e) of the definition of transitory person in subsection 5(1) of that Act no matter when the person was born, whether before, on or after the commencement day.

(3) The Part 1 amendments apply on and after the commencement day in relation to the status of a person as an unauthorised maritime arrival for the purposes of section 336F of the Migration Act 1958.

Note: Section 336F of the Migration Act 1958 deals with the disclosure of information to some foreign countries and to some bodies.