# What is the detention reporting start time for a person?

> act-s486L — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

486L What is the detention reporting start time for a person?
               For the purposes of this Part, the detention reporting start time for
               a person is whichever of the following times (if any) applies to the
               person:
                 (a) if the person is in immigration detention on the
                     commencement of this Part and has been in immigration
                     detention before then for a period of at least 2 years, or for
                     periods that total at least 2 years—the time when this
                     Part commences; or
                 (b) otherwise—the time after the commencement of this Part
                     when the person has been in immigration detention for a
                     period of 2 years, or for periods that total at least 2 years
                     (some of which detention may have occurred before the
                     commencement of this Part).