Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 151

             (1)  If an unlawful non‑citizen is to be, or is likely to be, removed or deported, this Act does not prevent a court issuing for the purposes of the administration of criminal justice in relation to an offence against a law a warrant to stay the removal or deportation.

             (2)  If a criminal justice stay warrant about a non‑citizen is in force, the non‑citizen is not to be removed or deported.

             (3)  If a court issues a criminal justice stay warrant about a non‑citizen, the applicant for the warrant is responsible for the costs of any maintenance or accommodation (other than immigration detention) of the non‑citizen while the warrant is in force.