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Part 9Detention and monitoring
Applications under this Part involving classified information

326Process for High Court to consider application

  1. Where an application is transferred or made directly to the High Court under section 325, sections 252, 257 to 259, and 261 to 270 apply, with the necessary modifications.

  2. In determining the application,—

  3. sections 317, 318, 324F, 321, 323, and 324 apply as appropriate, with the necessary modifications; and
    1. it is not the role of the nominated Judge to determine the matters described in section 243(1); and
      1. the classified information must be treated as accurate.

        Notes
        • Section 326(2)(a): amended, on , by section 54(2) of the Immigration (Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 75).