Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2009C00249
Timestamp: 2019-11-20 19:11:23
Document Index: 112807096

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 3', 'art 4', 'art 5', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 4', 'art 5']

Details: C2009C00249
- C2009C00249
Act No. 5 of 2005 as amended, taking into account amendments up to Act No. 144 of 2008
An Act to provide for Australian passports, and for related purposes
End Date 28 Feb 2010
C2009C00249
Part 3—Powers of officers
Part 4—Offences relating to Australian travel documents
Part 5—Administrative matters
Act No. 5 of 2005 as amended
3............ Principal object of this Act................................................................. 2
4............ Act extends to the external Territories............................................... 2
5............ Act extends to things outside Australia.............................................. 2
Part 2—Australian travel documents 5
Division 1—Issue of Australian travel documents 5
Subdivision A—Issue of Australian passports 5
7............ Australian citizen is entitled to be issued an Australian passport..... 5
8............ Minister to be satisfied of person’s citizenship and identity............ 5
Subdivision B—Issue of travel‑related documents 5
9............ Minister may issue travel‑related documents..................................... 5
10.......... Minister to be satisfied of person’s identity...................................... 6
Division 2—Reasons the Minister may refuse to issue an Australian passport 7
Subdivision A—Children 7
11.......... Reasons relating to child without parental consent or court order for travel 7
Subdivision B—Law enforcement and security 9
12.......... Reasons relating to Australian law enforcement matters.................... 9
13.......... Reasons relating to international law enforcement cooperation....... 10
14.......... Reasons relating to potential for harmful conduct............................ 11
Subdivision C—Administrative reasons 13
15.......... Reasons relating to repeated loss or thefts....................................... 13
16.......... Reasons relating to financial assistance to travellers........................ 13
17.......... Reasons relating to concurrently valid Australian travel document. 14
Subdivision D—Matters relating to requests by competent authorities 14
18.......... Refusal/cancellation requests............................................................ 14
19.......... Acting on refusal/cancellation requests............................................. 15
Division 3—When Australian travel documents cease to be valid 16
20.......... When Australian passports cease to be valid................................... 16
21.......... When travel‑related documents cease to be valid............................. 16
22.......... When an Australian travel document may be cancelled.................... 16
Part 3—Powers of officers 18
23.......... Demand for surrender of suspicious Australian travel document.... 18
24.......... Demand for surrender of cancelled or invalid Australian travel document 18
25.......... Demand for surrender of debtor’s Australian travel document........ 19
26.......... Customs officers may seize a suspicious document........................ 20
Part 4—Offences relating to Australian travel documents 21
27.......... Definitions........................................................................................ 21
28.......... Geographical jurisdiction.................................................................. 21
29.......... Making false or misleading statements in relation to Australian travel document applications 22
30.......... Giving false or misleading information in relation to Australian travel document applications 22
31.......... Producing false or misleading documents in relation to Australian travel document applications 23
32.......... Improper use or possession of an Australian travel document........ 24
33.......... Selling an Australian travel document............................................... 25
34.......... Damaging an Australian travel document......................................... 25
35.......... Dishonestly obtaining an Australian travel document...................... 25
36.......... Possessing false Australian travel documents.................................. 26
37.......... Bringing, taking or sending a document across international borders 26
38.......... Issue of passport contrary to this Act............................................. 27
39.......... Issue of travel‑related document contrary to this Act or Minister’s determination 27
40.......... Abuse of public office...................................................................... 27
41.......... Failure to notify officer of lost or stolen Australian travel document 28
Part 5—Administrative matters 29
Division 1—Information relating to Australian travel documents 29
42.......... Disclosure of personal information for the purposes of this Act.... 29
43.......... Minister may determine information required for the purpose of satisfying Minister of person’s citizenship and identity etc........................................................................................ 30
44.......... Method of disclosing information to Minister................................. 30
45.......... Minister may disclose information about Australian travel documents that are lost, stolen, suspicious etc. 31
46.......... Minister may disclose information for particular purposes............. 31
Division 2—Methods of performing functions under this Act 32
47.......... Minister may determine particular methods and technologies......... 32
Division 3—Review of decisions about Australian travel documents 33
48.......... Reviewable decisions........................................................................ 33
49.......... Review by Minister of decisions made by Minister’s delegate....... 34
50.......... Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal of decisions made by Minister 34
Division 4—Officers and delegates 36
51.......... Delegation of Minister’s powers...................................................... 36
52.......... Authorisation of persons as officers................................................ 36
53.......... Form of Australian travel documents............................................... 37
54.......... Australian travel documents are the property of the Commonwealth 38
55.......... Endorsements and observations....................................................... 38
56.......... Application fees............................................................................... 38
57.......... Minister’s determinations................................................................ 38
58.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 38
(see F2005L01517)
Australian travel document means an Australian passport or a travel‑related document.
conduct has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code.
(d) an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901;
Note 1: The text of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1968 No. 3. In 2005 this was available in the Australian Treaties Library of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, accessible on the Internet through that Department’s world‑wide web site.
Note 2: The text of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1973 No. 7. In 2005 this was available in the Australian Treaties Library of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, accessible on the Internet through that Department’s world‑wide web site.
travel‑related document means a document issued under section 9.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, if an overseas child order within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975 is registered in accordance with regulations made under section 70G of that Act, the order has the same force and effect as if it were an order of the Family Court of Australia made in accordance with that Act.
Division 1—Issue of Australian travel documents
Subdivision A—Issue of Australian passports
Subdivision B—Issue of travel‑related documents
9 Minister may issue travel‑related documents
(3) An application for a travel‑related document must be:
Before issuing a travel‑related document to a person, the Minister must be satisfied of the identity of the person.
Division 2—Reasons the Minister may refuse to issue an Australian passport
(ii) has not ceased to have parental responsibility for the child because of an order made under the Family Law Act 1975; or
(b) under a parenting order:
(iii) a law of a foreign country, or an order or other direction (however described) under a law of a foreign country; or
competent authority, in relation to a circumstance mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c), means:
Note 1: The text of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1980 No. 23. In 2005 this was available in the Australian Treaties Library of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, accessible on the Internet through that Department’s world‑wide web site.
(1) If a competent authority believes on reasonable grounds that a person (the debtor) owes money to the Commonwealth in respect of:
competent authority, in relation to a debtor, means a person who has authority to incur expenses on behalf of, or lend money to, the debtor on behalf of the Commonwealth.
Subdivision D—Matters relating to requests by competent authorities
(b) cancel an Australian passport or travel‑related document that has been issued to a person.
Division 3—When Australian travel documents cease to be valid
21 When travel‑related documents cease to be valid
A travel‑related document ceases to be valid:
(f) if the document is a travel‑related document—the Minister becomes aware of a circumstance that would have required the Minister to refuse to issue a travel‑related document to the person:
(ii) because a Minister’s determination made for the purposes of subsection 9(1) in relation to that kind of travel‑related document no longer applies; or
Note 1: An offence against this Act that is punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than one year is an indictable offence (see section 4G of the Crimes Act 1914).
Note 2: In certain circumstances, an indictable offence may be tried summarily (see section 4J of the Crimes Act 1914).
dishonest, in relation to a person’s conduct, means:
false Australian travel document:
(ii) that is not a travel‑related document but that purports to be a travel‑related document; and
(a) the person provides another person with an Australian travel document that was issued to the first‑mentioned person; and
39 Issue of travel‑related document contrary to this Act or Minister’s determination
(a) the person is an officer to whom the Minister has delegated the function of issuing travel‑related documents; and
(b) the person issues a travel‑related document; and
(b) paragraph 2.1(g) of National Privacy Principle 2 in Schedule 3 to the Privacy Act 1988; and
Division 3—Review of decisions about Australian travel documents
For the purposes of this Division, the following decisions under this Act are reviewable decisions:
(i) a decision not to waive an application fee imposed under the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005;
(j) a decision not to refund an application fee imposed under the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005;
(k) a decision to refund part of an application fee imposed under the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005.
Note: Under section 27A of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, the decision‑maker must give to persons whose interests are affected by the decision a notification of the making of the decision and of their right to have the decision reviewed. In notifying any such persons, the decision‑maker must have regard to the Code of Practice determined under section 27B of that Act.
(3) Despite section 43 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, if the Minister has given a certificate under subsection (2) in relation to a decision, then in any review of that decision the Administrative Appeals Tribunal may only make a decision:
Division 4—Officers and delegates
(3) An instrument made under this section is not a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
(1) Australian passports may be issued in the name of the Governor‑General.
(ca) the name on a certificate, entry or record relating to the registration of the person’s relationship with another person, being a certificate, entry or record:
(i) issued or made under, or for the purposes of, a law of a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of section 22B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and
(ii) relating to a kind of relationship prescribed for the purposes of that section; and
(iii) issued or made by the Registrar of births, deaths and marriages (however described) of the State or Territory concerned; or
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing penalties not exceeding 20 penalty units for breaches of the regulations.
Notes to the Australian Passports Act 2005
The Australian Passports Act 2005 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 5, 2005 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Ss. 3–58: 1 July 2005 (see F2005L01517)
Schedule 1 (items 4–6): (a)
Schedule 8 (items 3, 4) and Schedule 9 (item 2): 1 July 2006
Sch. 3 (items 14, 17)
Schedule 8 (item 1): 1 July 2009
(a) Subsection 2(1) (item 4) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2006 provides as follows:
4. Schedule 1, items 4 to 6
Immediately after the commencement of sections 3 to 58 of the Australian Passports Act 2005.
am. No. 46, 2006
am. No. 21, 2007; No. 144, 2008