Migration (Daily maintenance amount for persons in detention) Determination (LIN 22/031) 2022, dated 29 June 2022 increases the daily amount for a person in immigration detention, specifies each place for which the daily amount applies, and specifies the period during which the daily amount applies under section 262 of the Migration Act 1958.
The instrument increases the daily maintenance amount for a person in immigration detention to $490.69. It also specifies the following detention centres where the person in immigration detention must be kept:
i. Northwest Point (Christmas Island) Immigration Detention Centre,
ii. Perth Immigration Detention Centre,
iii. Villawood Immigration Detention Centre,
iv. Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre; and
The instrument further provides that this daily maintenance cost for person in immigration detention is applicable till June 2024 after which the Department will review and update it.
The instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation on 29 June 2022 and commenced on 1 July 2022.
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