8Operation of other laws

#### 8 Operation of other laws (1) Except as prescribed, nothing in this Act shall affect the operation in relation to non‑citizen children of any provision of the laws of any State or Territory relating to child welfare. (2) Nothing in this Act: (a) affects the operation of the migration law; or (b) affects the performance or exercise, or the purported performance or exercise, of any function, duty or power under the migration law or the Maritime Powers Act 2013; or (c) imposes any obligation on the Minister or another Minister to exercise, or to consider exercising, any power conferred by or under the migration law or the Maritime Powers Act 2013. (3) Without limiting subsection (2), nothing in this Act affects the performance or exercise, or the purported performance or exercise, of any function, duty or power relating to: (a) the removal of a non‑citizen child from Australia under section 198 or 199 of the Migration Act 1958; or (b) the taking of a non‑citizen child from Australia to a regional processing country under section 198AD of that Act; or (c) the deportation of a non‑citizen child under section 200 of that Act; or (d) the taking of a non‑citizen child to a place outside Australia under paragraph 245F(9)(b) of that Act, or under Division 7 or 8 of Part 3 of the Maritime Powers Act 2013.