# Secretary’s obligation to report to Commonwealth Ombudsman

> act-s486N — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

486N Secretary’s obligation to report to Commonwealth
         Ombudsman
          (1) The Secretary must give the Commonwealth Ombudsman a report
              relating to the circumstances of the person’s detention. The report
              must be given:










                 (a) if the detention reporting time is the time when this
                     Part commences—as soon as practicable, and in any event
                     within 6 months, after that commencement; or
                 (b) otherwise—within 21 days after the detention reporting time.
          (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the report must include any
              matters specified in regulations made for the purposes of this
              subsection.
          (3) The Secretary must give the report to the Commonwealth
              Ombudsman even if the person has, since the detention reporting
              time, ceased to be in immigration detention.