Section 162 — Criminal justice certificates to be cancelled

162 Criminal justice certificates to be cancelled

(1) If the presence in Australia of a non-citizen in respect of whom a criminal justice certificate has been given is no longer required for the purposes for which it was given, then:

(a) if it was given under section 145 or 147—the Minister; or

(b) if it was given under section 146 or 148—an authorised official;

is to cancel it.

(2) Before cancelling a certificate given under section 146 or 148, an authorised official is, an adequate time before doing so, to tell the Secretary:

(a) when it is to be cancelled; and

(b) the expected whereabouts of the non-citizen when it is cancelled; and

(c) the arrangements for the non-citizen’s departure from Australia.