Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 - SECT 18

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, a refusal/cancellation request is a request made to the Minister under subsection 12(1), 13(1), 14(1) or 16(1) by a competent authority, being a request that the Minister do either or both of the following:

                     (a)  refuse to issue an Australian passport to a person;

                     (b)  cancel an Australian passport or travel‑related document that has been issued to a person.

             (2)  A competent authority may make a refusal/cancellation request in relation to a person:

                     (a)  whether or not the person has applied for an Australian passport; and

                     (b)  whether or not an Australian travel document has been issued to the person; and

                     (c)  whether or not the person is an Australian citizen.

             (3)  To avoid doubt, a competent authority may suspect on reasonable grounds that circumstances in subsection 14(1) apply in relation to a person, even if the competent authority knows that the person has already been issued with an Australian passport.