# Use of existing ticket for removal or deportation

> act-s216 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

216 Use of existing ticket for removal or deportation
               If:
                 (a) a non-citizen is to be removed or deported; and










                 (b) the non-citizen or another person holds a ticket for the
                     conveyance of the non-citizen from a place within Australia
                     to a place outside Australia;
               the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner may, on
               behalf of the ticket holder arrange (with or without the ticket
               holder’s consent) for the ticket to be applied for or towards the
               conveyance of the non-citizen.