(1) The Minister may make an arrangement with a person under which the person agrees to pay to the Commonwealth, in the manner provided in the arrangement, an amount equal to any charge that may become payable by any person to whom the arrangement applies.
(2) Where an arrangement under subsection ( 1) applies to a person who departs from Australia for another country, the person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have paid any charge payable in respect of that departure.
(3) An amount payable by a person to the Commonwealth under an arrangement under subsection ( 1) may be recovered by the Commonwealth by action against the person in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) Despite anything in this section, the Minister must not make an arrangement under this section that is to apply in respect of any person departing from Australia for another country on an aircraft before 1 July 1995.