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Part 9Detention and monitoring
Warrants of commitment and release on conditions

321Special conditions where threat or risk to security

  1. This section applies if a District Court Judge determines to order the release of a person to whom section 318 applies on conditions in accordance with section 318(3)(b).

  2. The conditions on release imposed under section 324F may also include a condition that the person not have access to or use specified communication devices or facilities (such as a telephone, the Internet, or an email service), except for the purposes of seeking and receiving legal or immigration advice (or both).

Notes
  • Section 321: replaced, on , by section 42 of the Immigration (Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 75).