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Details: C2015A00122
- C2015A00122
Act No. 122 of 2015 as made
An Act to amend the law relating to Australian and foreign travel documents, and for related purposes
Originating Bill: Passports Legislation Amendment (Integrity) Bill 2015
Date of Assent 10 Sep 2015
C2015A00122
No. 122, 2015
Foreign Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act 2005 15
Part 2—Consequential amendments 18
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 18
Family Law Act 1975 22
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 22
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 23
Part 3—Consequential amendments commencing once the Biosecurity Act 2015 commences 26
Biosecurity Act 2015 26
Schedule 2—Repeals 27
Australian Passports (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2005 27
[Assented to 10 September 2015]
This Act may be cited as the Passports Legislation Amendment (Integrity) Act 2015.
Immediately after the commencement of section 99 of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
2 Subsection 6(1) (after paragraph (c) of the definition of document)
; or (d) a photograph.
3 Subsection 6(1) (note at the end of the definition of document)
Omit “A disk”, substitute “Paragraph (c)—a disk”.
4 Subsections 9(1) and (2)
5 Division 2 of Part 2 (heading)
Omit “Australian passport”, substitute “Australian travel document”.
8 Subparagraph 11(2)(c)(ii)
Omit “whose consent to the child travelling internationally has not been given”, substitute “who has not consented to the child having an Australian travel document”.
9 Paragraph 11(2)(d)
Omit “application for the passport was made and the Minister considers that a passport should be issued”, substitute “application for the Australian travel document was made and the Minister considers that an Australian travel document should be issued”.
Omit “a passport”, substitute “an Australian travel document”.
11 Subsection 11(3) (note)
12 Subsection 11(4)
13 Subparagraph 11(5)(a)(ii) (note)
14 After paragraph 11(5)(a)
15 Subparagraphs 11(5)(b)(ii) and (iii)
16 Paragraph 11(5)(d)
Omit “is entitled to guardianship or custody of, or access to,”, substitute “has guardianship or custody of, or has parental responsibility for,”.
17 At the end of subsection 11(5)
18 At the end of subsection 12(2)
Add “but may issue a travel‑related document to the person”.
19 Subsection 12(3) (paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of the definition of prevented from travelling internationally)
20 Paragraph 13(1)(c)
21 Subsection 13(2)
22 Subsection 13(3) (paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of the definition of prevented from travelling internationally)
After “a passport”, insert “or document issued for the purposes of travel”.
23 Paragraphs 14(1)(a) and (b)
24 Subsection 14(2)
25 Subsection 14(3) (definition of competent authority)
Omit “must not issue an Australian passport”, substitute “may refuse to issue an Australian travel document”.
29 Subsections 17(1) and (2)
30 Paragraph 18(1)(a)
31 Paragraph 18(1)(b)
Omit “Australian passport or travel‑related document”, substitute “Australian travel document”.
32 Paragraph 18(2)(a)
33 Subsection 18(3)
34 After Division 2 of Part 2
35 Sections 20 and 21
36 Paragraph 22(2)(e)
Omit “11 or 17,”.
37 Subparagraph 22(2)(f)(ii)
Omit “subsection 9(1)”, substitute “paragraph 9(1A)(a)”.
38 At the end of paragraph 22(2)(f)
39 After paragraph 22(2)(f)
41 Section 29 (heading)
42 Paragraph 29(1)(c)
43 Section 30 (heading)
44 Paragraph 30(1)(c)
46 Paragraph 31(1)(c)
47 After section 32
48 Sections 33 and 34
49 Section 36
50 Section 45 (heading)
51 Paragraph 48(a)
53 After paragraph 48(c)
54 Paragraph 48(e)
55 Paragraph 48(g)
55A After paragraph 48(h)
56 Paragraph 48A(1)(a)
57 Subsection 49(2)
Omit “(or such longer period as the Minister allows, whether before or after the end of the 28 days)”.
58 After paragraph 51(1)(c)
59 After paragraph 51(1)(h)
60 Subsection 53(3)
61 At the end of section 53
62 Subsection 13(2) (paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of the definition of prevented from travelling internationally)
63 Subsection 14(2) (paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of the definition of prevented from travelling internationally)
64 Subsection 15(1) (note)
Note: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is in Australian Treaty Series 1980 No. 23 ([1980] ATS 23) and could in 2015 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
65 Subsection 15(2) (definition of competent authority)
(b) a consular officer of an Australian consulate, being a person who is a consular officer (but not an honorary consular officer) within the meaning of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; or
(c) an employee of the Commonwealth who is specified in a Minister’s determination as a competent authority in relation to the circumstance; or
(d) a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013) that is specified in a Minister’s determination as a competent authority in relation to the circumstance; or
(e) a person who has responsibility for, or powers, duties or functions in relation to, the circumstance under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory (other than a person who is specified in a Minister’s determination as not being a competent authority in relation to the circumstance); or
(f) any person specified in a Minister’s determination as a competent authority in relation to the circumstance.
Note 1: The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is in Australian Treaty Series 1968 No. 3 ([1968] ATS 3) and could in 2015 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Note 2: The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations is in Australian Treaty Series 1973 No. 7 ([1973] ATS 7) and could in 2015 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
66 Application—issue of Australian travel documents to children
The amendments to section 11 of the Australian Passports Act 2005 made by this Schedule apply in relation to an Australian travel document issued to a child on or after the day this item commences, whether the application for the Australian travel document was lodged before, on or after that day.
67 Application—repeated loss or thefts of Australian travel documents
Section 15 of the Australian Passports Act 2005, as amended by this Schedule, applies in relation to an application lodged on or after the day this item commences, even if the relevant lost or stolen Australian travel documents were issued to the person before that day.
68 Application—form of Australian travel documents
The amendments to section 53 of the Australian Passports Act 2005 made by this Schedule apply in relation to an application for an Australian travel document lodged before, on or after the day that this item commences.
69 Subsection 3(1)
Australian travel document has the same meaning as in the Australian Passports Act 2005.
70 Subparagraphs 57GK(a)(i) and (ii)
71 Subsection 4(1)
72 Section 24 (heading)
24 Order for delivery to examiner of travel documents of witness
73 Paragraph 24(1)(c)
(c) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person intends to leave Australia and has in his or her possession, custody or control:
(i) an Australian travel document that has been issued to him or her; or
(ii) a passport or other travel document that has been issued to him or her by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country;
74 Subsection 24(1)
Omit “the passport”, substitute “the travel document”.
75 Paragraphs 24(2)(d) and (3)(a) and (b)
Omit “passport”, substitute “travel document”.
76 Subsections 24(4) and (5)
Omit “passport” (wherever occurring), substitute “travel document”.
77 Paragraph 31(1)(a)
Omit “his or her passport”, substitute “a travel document”.
78 Paragraph 34D(4)(a)
(a) that the person surrenders the following documents:
(i) any Australian travel document that has been issued to him or her;
(ii) any passport or other travel document that has been issued to him or her by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country; or
80 Section 34W (heading)
34W Surrender of travel documents by person in relation to whom warrant is sought
81 Subsection 34W(1)
Omit all the words after “effect of this subsection,”, substitute:
the person must deliver to an enforcement officer:
(a) all Australian travel documents that:
(i) have been issued to the person; and
(ii) are in the person’s possession or control; and
(b) all passports or other travel documents that:
(i) have been issued to the person by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country; and
(ii) are in the person’s possession or control.
82 Subsection 34W(2)
Omit “a passport”, substitute “any document”.
83 Subsection 34W(2)
Omit “the passport”, substitute “the document”.
84 Paragraphs 34W(3)(a) and (b)
Omit “a passport”, substitute “a document”.
85 Subsection 34W(4)
86 Paragraph 34W(4)(a)
87 Section 34Y (heading)
34Y Surrender of travel documents by person specified in warrant
88 Subsection 34Y(1)
Omit all the words after “exercising authority”, substitute:
under the warrant:
89 Subsection 34Y(2)
90 Subsection 34Y(2)
91 Paragraphs 34Y(3)(a) and (b)
92 Subsection 34Y(4)
Omit “passport” (wherever occurring), substitute “document”.
93 Subparagraph 77(1)(a)(ii)
94 Subsection 16(1)
95 Paragraphs 22(1)(d) and (e)
96 Subsections 22(5) and (6)
Omit “passport” (wherever occurring), substitute “Australian travel document”.
97 Section 22A (heading)
22A State orders relating to Australian travel documents
98 Subsection 22A(1)
99 Subsection 22A(1)
Omit “passport”, substitute “Australian travel document”.
100 Section 67ZD
67ZD Orders for delivery of travel documents
If a court having jurisdiction under this Part considers that there is a possibility or threat that a child may be removed from Australia, it may order that the following documents be ordered up to the court on such conditions as the court considers appropriate:
(a) any Australian travel document (within the meaning of the Australian Passports Act 2005) that has been issued to the child or any other person concerned;
(b) any passport or other travel document that has been issued to the child or any other person concerned by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country.
101 Paragraph 58DC(2)(c)
After “any passport”, insert “or document issued for the purposes of travel”.
102 Section 202A (definition of passport)
103 Subsection 5(1)
104 Paragraph 96D(4)(a)
105 Subdivision F of Division 2 of Part 9 (heading)
Subdivision F—Court orders for delivery of witness’s travel documents and witness’s arrest
106 Section 97 (heading)
97 Integrity Commissioner may apply for order that witness deliver his or her travel documents
107 Subsection 97(1)
Omit “his or her passport”, substitute “a travel document mentioned in paragraph (c)”.
108 Paragraph 97(1)(c)
(ii) a passport or other travel document that has been issued to him or her by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country.
109 Paragraphs 98(1)(b) and (3)(b)
Omit “passport”, insert “travel document”.
110 Subsection 98(4) (heading)
Court order that witness deliver travel document to Integrity Commissioner
111 Paragraph 98(4)(a)
(a) requiring the person to deliver to the Integrity Commissioner a travel document of a kind mentioned in paragraph 97(1)(c) that is in the person’s possession, custody or control; and
112 Paragraph 98(4)(b)
113 Subsection 98(5) (heading)
Extension of period that Integrity Commissioner may retain travel document
114 Subsection 98(5)
115 Subsections 98(6) and (7)
116 Subparagraph 99(1)(a)(i)
117 Section 6
118 Subparagraphs 278D(a)(i) and (ii)
119 Subsection 23(1)
120 Subparagraphs 38P(a)(i) and (ii)
Part 3—Consequential amendments commencing once the Biosecurity Act 2015 commences
Omit “, and his or her passport number”, substitute:
and the number of his or her:
(i) Australian travel document (within the meaning of the Australian Passports Act 2005); or
(ii) passport or other travel document, issued to the individual by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country;
Senate on 20 August 2015]