Section 162 — Migration Act 1958: Criminal justice certificates to be cancelled

(1) If the presence in Australia of a non-citizen in respect of whom a criminal justice certificate has been given is no longer required for the purposes for which it was given, then: (a) if it was given under section 145 or 147—the Minister; or (b) if it was given under section 146 or 148—an authorised official; is to cancel it. (2) Before cancelling a certificate given under section 146 or 148, an authorised official is, an adequate time before doing so, to tell the Secretary: (a) when it is to be cancelled; and (b) the expected whereabouts of the non-citizen when it is cancelled; and (c) the arrangements for the non-citizen’s departure from Australia.