REPUBLIC OF NAURU

ASYLUM SEEKERS (REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRE) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017 

No. 16 of 2017

An Act to amend the Asylum Seekers (Regional Processing Centre) Act 2012  
Certified: 3rd August 2017 
Table of Contents 
1 SHORT TITLE 
2 COMMENCEMENT 
3 AMENDMENT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS (REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRE) ACT 2012 
4 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3 
5 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 16 

Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:  
1	Short title 
This Act may be cited as the Asylum Seekers (Regional Processing Centre (Amendment) Act 2017.  
2	Commencement 
This Act commences upon certification by the Speaker.  
3	Amendment of Asylum Seekers (Regional Processing Centre) Act 2012 
The Asylum Seekers (Regional Processing Centre) Act 2012 is amended by the provisions of this Act. 
4	Amendment of section 3 
	Omit 
	'Secretary' means the Secretary for Justice and Border Control.  
	Substitute  
	'Secretary' means the Secretary for Multicultural Affairs.  
5	Amendment of section 16 
Section 16 (1) is omitted and substituted with the following:
	(1) The Secretary shall enter into agreements with any service provider on behalf of the Republic.