# Commonwealth criminal justice entry certificate

> act-s145 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

145 Commonwealth criminal justice entry certificate
          (1) If the Minister considers that:
                (a) the temporary presence in Australia of a non-citizen who is
                     outside Australia is required for the purposes of:
                       (i) the Extradition Act 1988; or
                      (ia) the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995; or
                     (ib) the International Criminal Court Act 2002; or
                      (ii) the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987; or
                     (iii) the administration of criminal justice in relation to an
                           offence against a law of the Commonwealth; and
                (b) the presence of the non-citizen in Australia for the relevant
                     purposes would not hinder the national interest in any way to
                     such an extent that the non-citizen should not be present in
                     Australia; and
                (c) satisfactory arrangements have been made to make sure that
                     the person or organisation who wants the non-citizen for the
                     relevant purposes or the non-citizen or both will meet the
                     cost of bringing the non-citizen to, keeping the non-citizen
                     in, and removing the non-citizen from, Australia;
              the Minister may give a certificate that the presence of the
              non-citizen in Australia is required for the administration of
              criminal justice.
          (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the cost of keeping the
              non-citizen in Australia does not include the cost of immigration
              detention (if any).