AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 - SECT 22 When an Australian travel document may be cancelled
AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 - SECT 22
When an Australian travel document may be cancelled(1) Subject to section 22AA, 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
(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, 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 paragraph 9(1A)(a) in relation to that kind of travel - related document no longer applies; or
(iii) because the Minister is no longer satisfied that the travel - related document is required for a purpose mentioned in paragraph 9(1A)(b); or
(fa) if the document is an Australian travel document and paragraph (e) or (f) does not apply--the Minister becomes aware of a circumstance that would have required or permitted the Minister to refuse to issue an Australian travel document to the person because of section 11 or 17, had the Minister been aware of the circumstance immediately before the document was issued; or
(g) circumstances specified in a Minister's determination exist.
(3) To avoid doubt, the suspension of an
Australian travel document does not prevent the Minister from cancelling it.