Section 197AB — Minister may determine that person is to reside at a specified place rather than being held in detention centre etc.

197AB Minister may determine that person is to reside at a specified place rather than being held in detention centre etc.

(1) If the Minister thinks that it is in the public interest to do so, the Minister may make a determination (a residence determination) to the effect that one or more specified persons to whom this Subdivision applies are to reside at a specified place, instead of being detained at a place covered by the definition of immigration detention in subsection 5(1).

(2) A residence determination must:

(a) specify the person or persons covered by the determination by name, not by description of a class of persons; and

(b) specify the conditions to be complied with by the person or persons covered by the determination.

(3) A residence determination must be made by notice in writing to the person or persons covered by the determination.