Cost of removal under notice

In force

(1)

If:

(a)

the controller of a vessel is given a notice under section 218 to transport a non‑citizen; and

(b)

the controller was a carrier of the non‑citizen; and

(c)

paragraphs 213(1)(a) and (b) apply to the non‑citizen;

then the Commonwealth is not liable for the costs of transporting the non‑citizen.

(2)

If:

(a)

the controller of a vessel is given a notice under section 218 to transport a non‑citizen; and

(b)

subsection (1) does not apply;

then:

(c)

the Commonwealth is liable to pay the controller’s costs of the transport; and

(d)

sections 210 to 216 apply to the transport and those costs.

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