Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00942:clause:2_6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00942
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 6
Character Range: 5373–6558

6  After subsection 13(9A)
Insert:

 (9B) Subject to subsection (11), the Minister may, in the Minister's discretion, on application in accordance with the approved form, grant a certificate of Australian citizenship to a child if:
 (a) the child was under 16 at the time of the application; and
 (b) the application is set out in the same document as an application made under subsection (1) by a responsible parent of the child for the grant of a certificate of Australian citizenship to the responsible parent.

 (9C) The same form may be approved for the purposes of subsections (1) and (9B).

 (9D) An application under subsection (9B) may be set out in the same document as an application under subsection (1) if the applicant under subsection (1) is a responsible parent of the applicant under subsection (9B).

 (9E) Subject to subsection (11), the Minister may, in the Minister's discretion, on application in accordance with the approved form, grant a certificate of Australian citizenship to a child if, at the time of the application:
 (a) the child was under 16; and
 (b) a responsible parent of the child is an Australian citizen because of the operation of section 15.