Migration Act 1958 - Determination under subsection 262(2) - Daily Maintenance Amounts for Persons in Detention - October 2009

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 

 

Migration Act 1958

 

 

DETERMINATION OF DAILY MAINTENANCE AMOUNTS

 FOR PERSONS IN DETENTION

(SUBSECTION 262(2))

 

  1. This Instrument is made under subsection 262(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act).

 

2.                  Subsection 262(2) of the Act provides that the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine a daily amount for the keeping and maintaining of a person in immigration detention at a specified place in a specified period.

 

3.                  The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the daily amount for the purpose of subsection 262(2).

 

4.                  The instrument operates to specify the amount set out in column 2 of the schedule attached to the instrument to be the daily amount for the maintenance of a non-citizen detained at the place specified in column 1 of the schedule in the period specified in column 3 of the schedule.

 

5.                  Pursuant to section 18 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, consultation was not necessary.  The Instrument is of a minor or machinery nature and does not substantially alter existing arrangements.

 

6. The instrument IMMI 09/098 commences on 9 November 2009.

 

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