Section 197AB — Migration Act 1958: Minister may determine that person is to reside at a specified place rather than being held in detention centre etc.
Text of the provision Official document
(1) If the Minister thinks that it is in the public interest to do so, the Minister may make a determination (a residence determination) to the effect that one or more specified persons to whom this Subdivision applies are to reside at a specified place, instead of being detained at a place covered by the definition of immigration detention in subsection 5(1). (2) A residence determination must: (a) specify the person or persons covered by the determination by name, not by description of a class of persons; and (b) specify the conditions to be complied with by the person or persons covered by the determination. (3) A residence determination must be made by notice in writing to the person or persons covered by the determination.
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation
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