Migration (Daily Maintenance Amount for Persons in Detention) Determination 2026

I, John Taylor, delegate of the Minister, make the following instrument.

Dated  19 June 2026

John Taylor

Commander (Senior Executive Band 1)

Immigration Compliance Operations

Australian Border Force

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Schedules

6  Daily maintenance amount etc

Schedule 1—Repeals

Migration (Daily Maintenance Amount for Persons in Detention) Determination (LIN 24/017) 2024

1  Name

  This instrument is the Migration (Daily Maintenance Amount for Persons in Detention) Determination 2026.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on 1 July 2026.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 262(2) of the Migration Act 1958.

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

1.      detention centre;
2.      immigration detention.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Migration Act 1958.

5  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

6  Daily maintenance amount etc

 (1) For the purposes of subsection 262(2) of the Act:

 (a) the daily amount is determined to be $702.31; and

 (b) the period between 1 July 2026 and 30 June 2028 is specified.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection 262(2) of the Act, the following places are specified:

 (a) each place approved by the Minister in writing under subparagraph (b)(v) of the definition of immigration detention in subsection 5(1) of the Act;

 (b) each place that is a detention centre established and maintained under subsection 273(1) of the Act mentioned in an item in the following table.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Migration (Daily Maintenance Amount for Persons in Detention) Determination (LIN 24/017) 2024

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.