AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT 2007 - SECT 36 Children of responsible parents who cease to be citizens
AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT 2007 - SECT 36
Children of responsible parents who cease to be citizens(a) a person ceases to be an Australian citizen at a particular time (the cessation time ) under section 33, 34 or 34A; and
(b) at the cessation time, the person is a responsible parent of a child aged under 18;
(c) the Minister may, by writing, revoke the child's Australian citizenship; and
(d) if the Minister does so--the child ceases to be an Australian citizen at the time of the revocation.
Exception--another responsible parent
(2) If, at the cessation time, another responsible parent of the child is an Australian citizen, subsection (1) does not apply to the child:
(a) while there is a responsible parent who is an Australian citizen; and
(b) if there ceases to be such a responsible parent because of the death of a responsible parent--at any time after that death.
(3) The Minister must not revoke a child's
Australian citizenship under subsection (1) if the Minister is
satisfied that the child would then become a person who is not a national or
citizen of any country.