# State criminal justice entry certificate

> act-s146 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

146 State criminal justice entry certificate
          (1) If an authorised official for a State considers that:








                 (a) the temporary presence in Australia of a non-citizen who is
                     outside Australia is required for the purposes of the
                     administration of criminal justice in relation to an offence
                     against a law of the State; and
                 (b) satisfactory arrangements have been made to make sure that
                     the person or organisation who wants the non-citizen for
                     those 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 official may give a certificate that the presence of the
               non-citizen in Australia is required for the administration of
               criminal justice by the State.
          (2) If:
                (a) a certificate has been given under subsection (1) about a
                    non-citizen; and
                (b) the Minister considers that the temporary presence of the
                    non-citizen in Australia in order to advance the
                    administration of criminal justice by the State would not
                    hinder the national interest in any way to such an extent that
                    the non-citizen should not be present in Australia;
              the Minister may endorse the certificate with a statement that it is
              to be a criminal justice certificate for the purposes of this Division.
          (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the cost of keeping the
              non-citizen in Australia does not include the cost of immigration
              detention (if any).

Subdivision C—Criminal justice certificates etc. staying
          removal or deportation