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(a) "the responsible parent or the guardian" and substituting "a responsible parent";
    (c) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) "his responsible parent or his guardian" and substituting "that responsible parent";
    (d) by omitting from sub-section (2) "Where" and substituting "Subject to sub-section (3), where";
    (e) by inserting in sub-section (2) "in his discretion," after "the Minister may,";
    (f) by omitting from sub-section (2) "the responsible parent or the guardian" and substituting "a responsible parent"; and
    (g) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
    "(3) Where, but for this sub-section—
         (a) a child would cease to be an Australian citizen under sub-section (1) as a consequence of a responsible parent of the child ceasing to be an Australian citizen; or
         (b) the Minister would be empowered under sub-section (2) to direct that a child should cease to be an Australian citizen as a consequence of a responsible parent of the child being deprived of his Australian citizenship,
    and at the time the child would cease to be an Australian citizen or the Minister would become so empowered, as the case may be, another responsible parent of the child is an Australian citizen, sub-section (1) or (2), as the case may be, does not apply in relation to the child—
         (c) until there ceases to be a responsible parent of the child (whether or not that other responsible parent), being a responsible parent who is an Australian citizen; or
         (d) if the cessation referred to in paragraph (c) is by reason of the death of the responsible parent—at any time after that death.
    "(4) Where the Minister makes an order under sub-section (2) directing that all or any of the children of a person shall cease to be Australian citizens, the Minister shall, if the person is present in Australia, cause to be served on the person, either personally or by post, a copy of that order.".
17. After section 23 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Persons may resume citizenship lost under section 17 in certain circumstances
"23aa. (1) Where a person does an act or thing that, under section 17, results in the person ceasing to be an Australian citizen and—
    (a) if he did not do the act or thing, he would have suffered significant hardship or detriment; or
    (b) at the time he did the act or thing he did not know that he would, as a consequence of his doing the act or thing, cease to be an Australian citizen,
the person may make and furnish to the Minister a statement to that effect and a declaration in accordance with the prescribed form that he wishes to resume Australian citizenship.
"(2) The