Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431:section:11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 11
Character Range: 25813–26491

11  Operation of Act

External Territories
 (1) This Act extends to the external Territories.

Application outside Australia
 (2) This Act extends unless the contrary intention appears:
 (a) to acts, omissions, matters and things outside Australia; and
 (b) to all persons, irrespective of their nationality or citizenship.

State and Territory laws
 (3) It is the intention of the Parliament that this Act apply to the exclusion of any provisions of a law of a State or Territory that provide for Australian citizenship (whether the law was made before or after the commencement day).

Part 2—Australian citizenship

Division 1—Automatic acquisition of Australian citizenship