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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 198D

Certificate of non-cooperation

             (1)  If the Secretary is satisfied that a transitory person has engaged in uncooperative conduct, either before or after the person was brought to Australia, then the Secretary may issue a certificate to that effect to the Tribunal.

             (2)  A decision of the Secretary to issue, revoke or vary a certificate is final and cannot be challenged in any court. However, this is not intended to affect the jurisdiction of the High Court under section 75 of the Constitution.

Note:          Subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 allows the certificate to be revoked or varied.

             (3)  In this section:

"uncooperative conduct" means refusing or failing to cooperate with relevant authorities in connection with any of the following:

                     (a)  attempts to return the person to a country where the person formerly resided;

                     (b)  attempts to facilitate the entry or stay of the person in another country;

                     (c)  the detention of the person in a country in respect of which a declaration is in force under subsection 198A(3).



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