REPUBLIC OF NAURU
ASYLUM SEEKERS (REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRE) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018
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No. 29 of 2018
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An Act to amend the Asylum Seekers (Regional Processing Centre) Act 2012 
Certified: 4th October 2018
Table of Contents
1 	Short title
2 	Commencement
3 	Amendment of Asylum Seekers (Regional Processing Centre) Act 2012
4 	Amendment of section 3

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 2018. 
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
Subsection (1) is amended by omitting the current definition of ‘protected person’ and substituting with:
‘protected person’ means a person who is:
(a)	the holder of a regional processing centre visa;

(b)	determined to be a refugee;

(c)	given derivative status; or

(d)	owed complementary protection.