# Immigration detainees must provide personal identifiers

> reg-3.30 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

3.30 Immigration detainees must provide personal identifiers
          (1) For subsection 261AA(1) of the Act, a circumstance is that the non-citizen is in
              the company of, and restrained by:
                (a) an officer; or
                (b) in the case of a particular non-citizen—another person directed by the
                    Secretary to accompany and restrain the non-citizen.
          (2) For subsection 261AA(1) of the Act, a circumstance is that each of the following
              applies:
                (a) immediately before being detained in immigration detention, the
                    non-citizen was detained under:
                      (i) the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999;
                     (ii) the Fisheries Management Act 1991;
                    (iii) the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984;
               (b) the non-citizen has provided a personal identifier or personal identifiers in
                    accordance with the relevant Act in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii).
          (3) Subregulation (2) applies to the provision of a personal identifier only if:
               (a) an authorised officer is satisfied that the personal identifier that has been
                   provided is usable for a particular purpose set out in subsection 5A(3) of
                   the Act; and
               (b) the authorised officer is satisfied about the integrity of the personal
                   identifier; and
               (c) the authorised officer is satisfied that no further personal identifiers need to
                   be collected from the non-citizen to satisfy the purpose.
          (4) For paragraph 261AA(1A)(e) of the Act, an iris scan is prescribed.
               Note:    Under subsection 261AA(1) of the Act, a non-citizen who is in immigration detention
                        must (other than in the prescribed circumstances) provide to an authorised officer one
                        or more personal identifiers. Personal identifiers are mentioned in
                        subsection 261AA(1A) of the Act, and include any prescribed personal identifiers.