# Reason for Subdivision

> act-s198AA — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

198AA Reason for Subdivision
               This Subdivision is enacted because the Parliament considers that:
                (a) people smuggling, and its undesirable consequences
                     including the resulting loss of life at sea, are major regional
                     problems that need to be addressed; and
                (b) unauthorised maritime arrivals, including unauthorised
                     maritime arrivals in respect of whom Australia has or may
                     have protection obligations under the Refugees Convention
                     as amended by the Refugees Protocol, should be able to be
                     taken to any country designated to be a regional processing
                     country; and
                (c) it is a matter for the Minister and Parliament to decide which
                     countries should be designated as regional processing
                     countries; and
                (d) the designation of a country to be a regional processing
                     country need not be determined by reference to the
                     international obligations or domestic law of that country.