Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 129 of 1984 - SECT 9

9. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "by birth";
(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) "A person shall" and substituting

"Subject to sub-section (4), a person shall";
(c) by omitting from sub-sections (2) and (3) "his father" and substituting

"a parent of the person";
(d) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) "ordinarily resident in Australia"
and substituting "a permanent resident";
(e) by omitting from sub-section (3) "A person shall" and substituting

"Subject to sub-section (5), a person shall"; and

   (f)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:

"(4) Sub-section (2) does not apply in relation to a person if, at the time of
his birth, a parent of the person was an Australian citizen or a permanent
resident.

"(5) Sub-section (3) does not apply in relation to a person if, at the time of
his birth, a parent of the person -

   (a)  was an Australian citizen or a permanent resident; and

   (b)  was not an enemy alien.".