Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 - SECT 22

             (1)  The Minister may cancel an Australian travel document.

             (2)  Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may cancel an Australian travel document that has been issued to a person if:

                     (a)  the document is still valid at the time when the person applies for, or is issued with, another Australian travel document; or

                     (b)  the document has been lost or stolen; or

                     (c)  the person dies; or

                     (d)  a competent authority makes a refusal/cancellation request in relation to the person; or

                     (e)  if the document is an Australian passport--the Minister becomes aware of a circumstance that would have required or permitted the Minister to refuse to issue an Australian passport to the person because of section 8, 11 or 17, had the Minister been aware of the circumstance immediately before the document was issued; or

                      (f)  if the document is a travel-related document--the Minister becomes aware of a circumstance that would have required the Minister to refuse to issue a travel-related document to the person:

                              (i)  because of section 10; or

                             (ii)  because a Minister's determination made for the purposes of subsection 9(1) in relation to that kind of travel-related document no longer applies; or

                     (g)  circumstances specified in a Minister's determination exist.