Exempt citizenship documents

In force

(1)

Section 11 does not apply to a document required or permitted to be produced in connection with:

(a)

ascertaining whether a person is, or remains, an Australian citizen; or

(b)

the operation of a provision of a citizenship law that relates to:

(i)

registration; or

(ii)

an application for, or the giving of, an approval to become an Australian citizen; or

(iv)

the cancellation or surrender of a notice about evidence of Australian citizenship if the notice was given to a person in a physical form; or

(v)

the renunciation of Australian citizenship; or

(vi)

the revocation of Australian citizenship; or

(c)

the operation of a provision of a citizenship law that relates to:

(i)

the keeping of a register; or

(ii)

the correction of an entry in a register; or

(iii)

the cancellation of an entry in a register.

(2)

In this clause:

citizenship law means:

(a)

the Australian Citizenship Act 2007; or

(b)

regulations under that Act.

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