# Interpretation

> act-s207 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

207 Interpretation
               In this Division:
               carrier, in relation to an unlawful non-citizen, means a controller
               of the vessel on which the non-citizen was last brought to
               Australia.
               controller, in relation to a vessel, means the master, owner, agent
               or charterer of the vessel.
               costs means the fares and other costs to the Commonwealth of
               transporting:
                 (a) a non-citizen; and
                 (b) a custodian of the non-citizen;
               from Australia to the place outside Australia to which the
               non-citizen is removed or deported.