Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 213

             (1)  If a non‑citizen who enters Australia:

                     (a)  is required to comply with section 166 (immigration clearance); and

                     (b)  either:

                              (i)  does not comply; or

                             (ii)  on complying, is detained under section 189 as an unlawful non‑citizen;

then, as soon as practicable after the Secretary becomes aware that paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to the non‑citizen, the Secretary may give a carrier of the non‑citizen a written notice requiring the carriers of the non‑citizen to pay the costs of the non‑citizen's removal, or deportation, from Australia should that happen.

             (2)  The notice is to:

                     (a)  give particulars of the calculation of the costs; and

                     (b)  state that an account for the costs will be given to at least one of the carriers of the non‑citizen when they have been incurred.

             (3)  If a notice is given, each carrier of the non‑citizen is liable to pay the Commonwealth the costs described in the notice and for which an account is given.