Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1985 No. 277 PASSPORT REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 9

9. Regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following
regulation substituted: Endorsement of Australian passport, &c.

"11. (1) In this regulation, a reference to an Australian passport shall be
read as including a reference to a certificate of identity issued under
regulation 9 or a document of identity issued under regulation 10.

"(2) In issuing an Australian passport, an authorized officer may endorse that
passport in accordance with sub-regulation (4).

"(3) Where an Australian passport has been issued, an authorized officer may,
at any time after the issue of the passport, endorse that passport in
accordance with sub-regulation (4).

"(4) For the purposes of sub-regulation (2) or (3), an authorized officer may
endorse an Australian passport-

   (a)  to reduce the period of the validity of the passport;

   (b)  to restrict the countries in respect of which the passport is valid;

   (c)  to make the passport valid in respect of countries for which, except
        for such endorsement, it would not be valid;

   (d)  to specify such particulars (other than particulars referred to in
        paragraph (e)) as the authorized officer thinks fit;

   (e)  subject to sub-regulations (5) to (8) (inclusive), to specify
        particulars in relation to a prescribed minor who is likely to travel
        with the person to whom the passport is issued.



"(5) An authorized officer may, unless the Minister otherwise directs, in each
of the prescribed circumstances, endorse an Australian passport as referred to
in paragraph (4) (e).

"(6) For the purposes of sub-regulation (5), the following are the prescribed
circumstances:

   (a)  that the applicant for the endorsement furnishes to the authorized
        officer the consent to that endorsement of each person who, under a
        law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, is entitled to
        custody or guardianship of, or access to, the minor;

   (b)  that the applicant for the endorsement furnishes to the authorized
        officer a copy of an order of a court made pursuant to a law of the
        Commonwealth or of a State or Territory permitting the minor to leave
        Australia;

   (c)  that the physical or mental welfare of the minor would be adversely
        affected if the endorsement were not made; or

   (d)  that-

        (i)    by reason of a family crisis, the endorsement is urgently
               required to enable the minor to travel outside Australia; and

        (ii)   if there is a person who, under a law of the Commonwealth or a
               State or Territory, is entitled to custody or guardianship of,
               or access to, the minor and the written consent of the person
               has not been obtained-that person cannot be readily contacted.



"(7) Where-

   (a)  an application has been made for the endorsement of an Australian
        passport as referred to in paragraph (4) (e); and

   (b)  the applicant has furnished to an authorized officer a written
        statement declaring that special circumstances exist by reason of
        which the endorsement should be made and setting out the particulars
        of those circumstances, the authorized officer, where-

   (c)  the application and statement have been referred by the authorized
        officer to the approved senior officer; and

   (d)  the approved senior officer has given to the authorized officer
        written notice stating that special circumstances exist by reason of
        which the endorsement should be made, may, unless the Minister
        otherwise directs, endorse the passport.

"(8) Where an Australian passport is endorsed pursuant to this regulation, the
endorsement shall not be valid upon a day later than the day on which a
prescribed minor referred to in the endorsement first attains the age of 18
years.".