# What is a detention reporting time for a person?

> act-s486M — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

486M What is a detention reporting time for a person?
               For the purposes of this Part, a detention reporting time for a
               person is:
                (a) the detention reporting start time for the person; or
                (b) the end of each successive period of 6 months after that time
                     at the end of which the person is in immigration detention.