Exempt migration documents
1 Exempt migration documents
Section 11 does not apply to a document required or permitted to be produced in connection with:
the operation of a provision of a migration law that relates to:
an application for, or the grant of, a visa; or
the cancellation of a visa; or
the deportation of a person; or
the application of a migration law to a non‑citizen who:
does not hold, or is reasonably suspected of not holding, a visa; or
seeks to enter Australia unlawfully, or is reasonably suspected of seeking to enter Australia unlawfully; or
seeks to enter the migration zone unlawfully, or is reasonably suspected of seeking to enter the migration zone unlawfully; or
the operation of Division 2, 5, 8 or 11 of Part 2 of the Migration Act 1958; or
the operation of Division 1.4, 1.4A or 1.4B of Part 1 of the Migration Regulations 1994.
An expression used in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) and in the Migration Act 1958 has the same meaning in that paragraph as it has in that Act.
In this clause:
migration law means:
the Migration Act 1958; or
regulations under that Act.
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