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Commonwealth of Australia

Australian Citizenship Act 2007

INSTRUMENT OF AUTHORISATION
(Subsections 40(3), 40(4), 42(3) and 42(4))

I, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection:

      1. REVOKE IMMI 11/089 (F2012L00558) signed on 1 March 2012 delegating my powers and authorising persons and classes of persons under certain provisions of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (the Act); AND

    2.                   ACTING under subsection 40(3) of the Act, AUTHORISE each person from time to time holding, occupying or performing the duties of a position that is mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Instrument to request, in writing, an applicant to provide one or more personal identifiers; AND

    3. ACTING under subsection 40(4) of the Act, AUTHORISE each person in a class of persons, from time to time holding, occupying or performing the duties of a position that is mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Instrument to request, in writing, an applicant to provide one or more personal identifiers; AND

    4. ACTING under subsection 42(3) of the Act:

           (a) AUTHORISE each person from time to time holding, occupying or performing the duties of a position that is mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Instrument to access any kind of identifying information for any one or more of the purposes specified in Schedule 3 to this instrument; AND

           (b) AUTHORISE each person, and each person in a class of persons, from time to time holding, occupying or performing the duties of a position that is mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Instrument to access any kind of identifying information for any one or more of the purposes specified in Schedule 3 to this instrument.

    5.                  ACTING under paragraphs 42(4)(a) and 42(4)(c) of the Act:

         (a)                AUTHORISE officers at the level of APS3 level and above of the Department of Human Services who are citizenship test administrators to authenticate the identity of a person seeking to sit a test before allowing that person to take an approved citizenship test; AND

         (b) AUTHORISE course convenors who are employed by Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) to conduct course based tests.

    6. For the purposes of this Instrument 'identifying information' means identifying information as defined in the Act.

This instrument, IMMI 15/063, commences on 1 July 2015.

Dated  23 June 2015

Peter Dutton
HON. PETER DUTTON MP
 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

SCHEDULE 1

HEADQUARTERS

Executive:

Secretary
Deputy Secretaries (All SES Band 3s)

Visa and Citizenship Management Division:

First Assistant Secretary (SES Band 2)
Assistant Secretary, (SES Band 1, Permanent Visa and Citizenship Programme Branch (3355))
Executive Level 2, (Permanent Visa and Citizenship Programme Branch (2704) (9698))

NORFOLK ISLAND
The Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the Territory of Norfolk Island.

Administrative Officers attached to the Office of the