- Date
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04 Jun 2015
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Foreign Affairs
- Summary
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Amends: the
Australian Passports Act 2005
and Foreign Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act 2005
to: ensure that the minister retains the power to issue a person with a travel-related document to facilitate a lawful requirement for a person to travel; provide more certainty as to who is required to consent to a child passport; provide that the minister may refuse to process a passport application if there are reasonable grounds to suspect fraud or dishonesty in the application; and amend and add offences; and 12 Acts to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the Australian Passports (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2005
.