Sch 1 (Provisions relating to), s 13
CurrentEnd of detention
Volume 3Chapter 6, Part 16 to Chapter 8, Part 23 (sections 391 to 528), Schedules, Endnotes
Schedule 1Provisions relating to detention of suspected foreign offenders
Part 2Detaining suspected foreign offenders
Division 5End of detention
13 End of detention
A detainee must be released from detention:
(a)
as soon as an authorised officer or detention officer knows or reasonably believes that the detainee is an Australian citizen or an Australian resident; or
(b)
at the time the detainee is brought before a magistrate following a decision to charge the detainee with an offence referred to in subclause 8(1); or
(c)
at the time a decision is made not to charge the detainee with an offence referred to in that subclause; or
(d)
at the end of 168 hours after the detention began;
whichever occurs first.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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