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AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 129 of 1984 - SECT 14

14. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended -

   (a)  by omitting sub-sections (1), (1A), (2), (3) and (3A) and substituting
the following sub-section:

"(1) Where a person is an Australian citizen and -

   (a)  has attained the age of 18 years and is a national or citizen of a
foreign country; or

   (b)  was born, or is ordinarily resident, in a foreign country and is
not entitled, under the law of that country, to acquire the
nationality or citizenship of that country by reason that the
person is an Australian citizen,
the person may lodge with the Minister a declaration in the prescribed
form renouncing his Australian citizenship.";

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (4) "the next two succeeding
sub-sections" and substituting "sub-sections (5), (5A) and (6)";

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (5) the following sub-section:

"(5A) The Minister shall not register a declaration made under this
section if he considers that it would not be in the interests of Australia
to do so."; and

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (6) "sub-section (2)" and substituting

"this section".