Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsNote: See subsection 11(5).
(1) Section 11 does not apply to a document required or permitted to be produced in connection with:
(a) the operation of a provision of a migration law that relates to:
(i) an application for, or the grant of, a visa; or
(ii) the cancellation of a visa; or
(iii) the deportation of a person; or
(b) the application of a migration law to a non‑citizen who:
(i) does not hold, or is reasonably suspected of not holding, a visa; or
(ii) seeks to enter Australia unlawfully, or is reasonably suspected of seeking to enter Australia unlawfully; or
(iii) seeks to enter the migration zone unlawfully, or is reasonably suspected of seeking to enter the migration zone unlawfully; or
(c) the operation of Division 2, 5, 8 or 11 of Part 2 of the Migration Act 1958 ; or
(d) the operation of Division 1.4, 1.4A or 1.4B of Part 1 of the Migration Regulations 1994.
(2) An expression used in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) and in the Migration Act 1958 has the same meaning in that paragraph as it has in that Act.
(3) In this clause:
"migration law" means:
(a) the Migration Act 1958 ; or
(b) regulations under that Act.
2 Exempt citizenship documents
(1) Section 11 does not apply to a document required or permitted to be produced in connection with:
(a) ascertaining whether a person is, or remains, an Australian citizen; or
(b) the operation of a provision of a citizenship law that relates to:
(i) registration; or
(ii) an application for, or the giving of, an approval to become an Australian citizen; or
(iii) an application for, or the giving of, a notice about evidence of Australian citizenship; or
(iv) the cancellation or surrender of a notice about evidence of Australian citizenship; or
(v) the renunciation of Australian citizenship; or
(vi) the revocation of Australian citizenship; or
(c) the operation of a provision of a citizenship law that relates to:
(i) the keeping of a register; or
(ii) the correction of an entry in a register; or
(iii) the cancellation of an entry in a register.
(2) In this clause:
"citizenship law" means:
(a) the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 ; or
(b) regulations under that Act.
3 Schedule does not limit section 13
This Schedule does not, by implication, limit section 13 (which deals with exemptions from Division 2 of Part 2).