Section 213 — Migration Act 1958: Carriers may be liable for costs of removal and deportation

(1) If a non-citizen who enters Australia: (a) is required to comply with section 166 (immigration clearance); and (b) either: (i) does not comply; or (ii) on complying, is detained under section 189 as an unlawful non-citizen; then, as soon as practicable after the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner becomes aware that paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to the non-citizen, the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner may give a carrier of the non-citizen a written notice requiring the carriers of the non-citizen to pay the costs of the non-citizen’s removal, or deportation, from Australia should that happen. (2) The notice is to: (a) give particulars of the calculation of the costs; and (b) state that an account for the costs will be given to at least one of the carriers of the non-citizen when they have been incurred. (3) If a notice is given, each carrier of the non-citizen is liable to pay the Commonwealth the costs described in the notice and for which an account is given.