Section 145 — Migration Act 1958: Commonwealth criminal justice entry certificate

(1) If the Minister considers that: (a) the temporary presence in Australia of a non-citizen who is outside Australia is required for the purposes of: (i) the Extradition Act 1988; or (ia) the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995; or (ib) the International Criminal Court Act 2002; or (ii) the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987; or (iii) the administration of criminal justice in relation to an offence against a law of the Commonwealth; and (b) the presence of the non-citizen in Australia for the relevant purposes would not hinder the national interest in any way to such an extent that the non-citizen should not be present in Australia; and (c) satisfactory arrangements have been made to make sure that the person or organisation who wants the non-citizen for the relevant purposes or the non-citizen or both will meet the cost of bringing the non-citizen to, keeping the non-citizen in, and removing the non-citizen from, Australia; the Minister may give a certificate that the presence of the non-citizen in Australia is required for the administration of criminal justice. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the cost of keeping the non-citizen in Australia does not include the cost of immigration detention (if any).