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Migration Act 1958
162Criminal justice certificates to be cancelled
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162 Criminal justice certificates to be cancelled
(1) If the presence in Australia of a non‑citizen in respect of whom a criminal justice certificate has been given is no longer required for the purposes for which it was given, then:
(a) if it was given under section 145 or 147—the Minister; or
(b) if it was given under section 146 or 148—an authorised official;
is to cancel it.
(2) Before cancelling a certificate given under section 146 or 148, an authorised official is, an adequate time before doing so, to tell the Secretary:
(a) when it is to be cancelled; and
(b) the expected whereabouts of the non‑citizen when it is cancelled; and
(c) the arrangements for the non‑citizen’s departure from Australia.