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Migration Act 1958
216Use of existing ticket for removal or deportation
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216 Use of existing ticket for removal or deportation
If:
(a) a non‑citizen is to be removed or deported; and
(b) the non‑citizen or another person holds a ticket for the conveyance of the non‑citizen from a place within Australia to a place outside Australia;
the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner may, on behalf of the ticket holder arrange (with or without the ticket holder’s consent) for the ticket to be applied for or towards the conveyance of the non‑citizen.