# Criminal justice certificates to be cancelled

> act-s162 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

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.