Passports Legislation Amendment (Integrity) Act 2015 (122 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 1   Main amendments

Australian Passports Act 2005

4   Subsections 9(1) and (2)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(1) The Minister may issue a person with a document of a kind specified in a Minister's determination, being a document issued for the purposes of travel.

(1A) A travel-related document may be issued to a person:

(a) on application by, or on behalf of, a person and in the circumstances specified in a Minister's determination; or

(b) on the Minister's own initiative, if the Minister is satisfied that such a document is required:

(i) to remove, deport or extradite the person from Australia; or

(ii) to facilitate the deportation of the person to Australia; or

(iii) to extradite the person to Australia; or

(iv) if the person is a prisoner - to effect the transfer of the person.

(2) Subsections (1) and (1A) are subject to section 10 and are affected by Division 2.