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470: Sponsorship under former Act
or “Old sponsorship promises still apply under new immigration law”
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“Government department takes over and manages immigration appeal files”

From the day this law starts, the government department mentioned in clause 5 of Schedule 2 owns and takes care of all the files that belong to the appeals bodies. These files contain important information about immigration appeals. The government department is in charge of keeping these files safe and organised.

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or “Governor-General can make temporary rules to help everyone adjust to the new Immigration Act”
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Transitional and savings provisions: Miscellaneous provisions

471Files of appeals bodies

  1. As from the commencement of this section, the department of State referred to in clause 5 of Schedule 2 is the owner of, and responsible for, all the files of the appeals bodies.