Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a designated person is not in immigration detention immediately after commencement, an officer may, without warrant:
(a) detain the person; and
(b) take reasonable action to ensure that the person is kept in immigration detention for the purposes of section 178.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), that subsection even applies to a designated person who was held in a place described in paragraph 11(a) (as in force at that time) or a processing area before commencement and whose release was ordered by a court.
(3) If a designated person escapes from immigration detention after commencement, an officer may, without warrant:
(a) detain the person; and
(b) take reasonable action to ensure that the person is kept in immigration detention for the purposes of section 178.