Summary
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.