Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528:section:18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00528
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 18
Character Range: 28877–29970

18  Refusal/cancellation requests
 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a refusal/cancellation request is a request made to the Minister under subsection 12(1), 12(1A), 13(1), 14(1) or 16(1) by a competent authority, being a request that the Minister do either or both of the following:
 (a) refuse to issue an Australian travel document to a person;
 (b) cancel an Australian travel document that has been issued to a person.
 (2) A competent authority may make a refusal/cancellation request in relation to a person:
 (a) whether or not the person has applied for an Australian travel document; and
 (b) whether or not an Australian travel document has been issued to the person; and
 (c) if the refusal/cancellation request is made under a provision other than subsection 12(1A)—whether or not the person is an Australian citizen.
 (3) To avoid doubt, a competent authority may suspect on reasonable grounds that circumstances in subsection 14(1) apply in relation to a person, even if the competent authority knows that the person has already been issued with an Australian travel document.