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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 501K

Identity of applicants for protection visas not to be published by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal

  (1)   This section applies to a review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal if the review relates to a person in the person's capacity as:

  (a)   a person who applied for a protection visa; or

  (b)   a person who applied for a protection - related bridging visa; or

  (c)   a person whose protection visa has been cancelled; or

  (d)   a person whose protection - related bridging visa has been cancelled.

  (2)   The Administrative Appeals Tribunal must not publish (in electronic form or otherwise), in relation to the review, any information which may identify:

  (a)   the person; or

  (b)   any relative or other dependant of the person.

Note:   Section   5G may be relevant for determining relationships for the purposes of this subsection.

  (3)   In this section:

"application for a protection-related bridging visa" means an application for a bridging visa, where the applicant for the bridging visa is, or has been, an applicant for a protection visa.

"protection-related bridging visa" means a bridging visa granted as a result of an application for a protection - related bridging visa.


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