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Migration Act 1958
221Cost of removal under notice
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221 Cost of removal under notice
(a) the controller of a vessel is given a notice under section 218 to transport a non‑citizen; and
(b) the controller was a carrier of the non‑citizen; and
(c) paragraphs 213(1)(a) and (b) apply to the non‑citizen;
then the Commonwealth is not liable for the costs of transporting the non‑citizen.
(a) the controller of a vessel is given a notice under section 218 to transport a non‑citizen; and
(b) subsection (1) does not apply;
(c) the Commonwealth is liable to pay the controller’s costs of the transport; and
(d) sections 210 to 216 apply to the transport and those costs.