Australian Passports Act 2005

The Minister may, on request under subsection (2), suspend for 28 days all Australian travel documents that have been issued to a person.

The Director‑General of Security may request the Minister to suspend all Australian travel documents issued to a person if the Director‑General suspects on reasonable grounds that:

the person may leave Australia to engage in conduct that might prejudice the security of Australia or a foreign country; and

all the person’s Australian travel documents should be suspended in order to prevent the person from engaging in the conduct.

If an Australian travel document of a person has been suspended under subsection (1), another request under subsection (2) relating to the person must not be made unless the grounds for suspicion mentioned in subsection (2) include information first obtained by the Director‑General of Security or an officer or employee of ASIO after the end of the suspension.

The Director‑General of Security may, in writing, delegate his or her power under subsection (2) to a Deputy Director‑General of Security (within the meaning of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979).

In exercising power under a delegation, the delegate must comply with any directions of the Director‑General of Security.