# Cost of removal under notice

> act-s221 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

221 Cost of removal under notice
          (1) If:









                 (a) the controller of a vessel is given a notice under section 218
                     to transport a non-citizen; and
                 (b) the controller was a carrier of the non-citizen; and
                 (c) paragraphs 213(1)(a) and (b) apply to the non-citizen;
               then the Commonwealth is not liable for the costs of transporting
               the non-citizen.
          (2) If:
                (a) the controller of a vessel is given a notice under section 218
                    to transport a non-citizen; and
                (b) subsection (1) does not apply;
              then:
                (c) the Commonwealth is liable to pay the controller’s costs of
                    the transport; and
                (d) sections 210 to 216 apply to the transport and those costs.