Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 199

  (1)   If:

  (a)   an officer removes, or is about to remove, an unlawful non - citizen; and

  (b)   the spouse or   de   facto   partner of that non - citizen requests an officer to also be removed from Australia;

an officer may remove the spouse or   de   facto   partner as soon as reasonably practicable.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   an officer removes, or is about to remove an unlawful non - citizen; and

  (b)   the spouse or   de   facto   partner of that non - citizen requests an officer to also be removed from Australia with a dependent child or children of that non - citizen;

an officer may remove the spouse or   de   facto   partner and dependent child or children as soon as reasonably practicable.

  (3)   If:

  (a)   an officer removes, or is about to remove, an unlawful non - citizen; and

  (b)   that non - citizen requests an officer to remove a dependent child or children of the non - citizen from Australia;

an officer may remove the dependent child or children as soon as reasonably practicable.

  (4)   In paragraphs   (1)(a), (2)(a) and (3)(a), a reference to remove includes a reference to take to a regional processing country.