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Migration Act 1958
258AWhen detainees must not be required to provide personal identifiers under section 257A
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258A When detainees must not be required to provide personal identifiers under section 257A
A person must not be required to provide a personal identifier under section 257A if:
(a) the person is in immigration detention (but not only because he or she is detained for questioning detention (see section 192)); and
(b) the person has, during that detention, provided a personal identifier of that type under Division 13AA.