Sch 1A (Provisions relating to), s 13
In forceEnd of detention
Schedule 1AProvisions relating to detention of suspected illegal foreign fishers
Part 2Detaining suspected illegal foreign fishers
Division 5End of detention
13 End of detention
A detainee must be released from detention:
(a)
as soon as an 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.
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