AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 NO. 5, 2005
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Principal object of this Act
- 4 Act extends to the external Territories
- 5 Act extends to things outside Australia
- 6 Definitions
PART 2--AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
Subdivision A--Issue of Australian passports
Division 2--Reasons the Minister may refuse to issue an Australian passport
Subdivision A--Children
- 11 Reasons relating to child without parental consent or court order for travel
Subdivision B--Law enforcement and security
- 12 Reasons relating to Australian law enforcement matters
- 13 Reasons relating to international law enforcement cooperation
- 14 Reasons relating to potential for harmful conduct
Subdivision C--Administrative reasons
- 15 Reasons relating to repeated loss or thefts
- 16 Reasons relating to financial assistance to travellers
- 17 Reasons relating to concurrently valid Australian travel document
Subdivision D--Matters relating to requests by competent authorities
- 18 Refusal/cancellation requests
- 19 Acting on refusal/cancellation requests
PART 3--POWERS OF OFFICERS
PART 4--OFFENCES RELATING TO AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
Division 1--Preliminary
- 27 Definitions
- 28 Geographical jurisdiction
Division 2--Offences
PART 5--ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
- 42 Disclosure of personal information for the purposes of this Act
- 43 Minister may determine information required for the purpose of satisfying Minister of person's citizenship and identity etc.
- 44 Method of disclosing information to Minister
- 45 Minister may disclose information about Australian travel documents that are lost, stolen, suspicious etc.
- 46 Minister may disclose information for particular purposes
Division 2--Methods of performing functions under this Act
- 47 Minister may determine particular methods and technologies
- 48 Reviewable decisions
- 49 Review by Minister of decisions made by Minister's delegate
- 50 Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal of decisions made by Minister
Division 4--Officers and delegates
- 51 Delegation of Minister's powers
- 52 Authorisation of persons as officers
PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS