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25 October 1984]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Australian Citizenship Amendment Act 1984.
(2) The Australian Citizenship Act 19481 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement
2. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 3, sub-section 4 (2), sections 7, 22, 33 and 34 and section 37 shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

Title
3. The title of the Principal Act is amended by omitting all the words after "Citizenship".

Interpretation
4. (1) Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—
    (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "Australia" and substituting the following definitions:
          "'approved form' means a form approved by the Minister by instrument in writing;
          "'Australia', when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories;";
    (b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of the definition of "Australian consulate" in sub-section (1) "at which a register of births is kept";
    (c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of the definition of "Australian consulate" in sub-section (1) "in New Guinea or";
    (d) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definitions of "New Guinea", "responsible parent", "service under an Australian government", "the approved form", "the permanent forces of the Commonwealth" and "the Secretary" and substituting the following definitions:
          "'entry permit' means an entry permit within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958;
          "'New Guinea' has the same meaning as 'the Territory of New Guinea' had in the Papua New Guinea Act 1949 immediately before 16 September 1975;
          "'Papua' has the same meaning as 'the Territory of Papua' had in the Papua New Guinea Act 1949 immediately before 16 September 1975;
          "'prescribed date' means the day on which the Migration Amendment Act 1983 comes into operation;
          "'prescribed Territory' means Norfolk Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;
          "'prison' includes any custodial institution at which a person convicted of an offence may be required to serve the whole or a part of any sentence imposed upon him by reason of that conviction;
          "'prohibited immigrant' means a prohibited immigrant within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 as in force from time to time before the prescribed date;
          "'prohibited non-citizen' means a prohibited non-citizen within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 as in force from time to time on or after the prescribed date;
          "'psychiatric institution' includes a psychiatric section of a hospital; "'relevant defence service' means—
               (a) service in the permanent forces of