Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PASSPORTS AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 168, 1984 - SECT 10

10. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(1) An Australian passport, whether in the possession or custody of the
person to whom it was issued or otherwise, may be cancelled by the Minister,
an approved representative or the approved senior officer, and a passport on
being cancelled under this sub-section becomes void.";

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1A) ", or an officer authorized by the
        Minister to act under this section," and substituting ", an approved
        representative or the approved senior officer";

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (1A) (a) "or the officer" and substituting
        ", the approved representative or the approved senior officer";

   (d)  by inserting in paragraph (1A) (a) "(whether or not they did exist at
that time)" after "issued";

   (e)  by omitting from paragraph (1A) (b) "or the officer" and substituting
        ", the approved representative or the approved senior officer";

   (f)  by inserting after sub-section (1A) the following sub-sections:



"(1B) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), where the Minister-

   (a)  has formed an opinion that a person to whom an Australian passport has
        been issued is likely to engage in conduct that-

        (i)    might prejudice the security of Australia or of a foreign
               country;

        (ii)   might endanger the health or physical safety of other persons,
               whether in Australia or in a foreign country; or

        (iii)  might interfere with the rights and freedoms of other persons,
               as set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political
               Rights, whether in Australia or in a foreign country; and

   (b)  considers that, in the circumstances, action to prevent that person
        engaging in that conduct should be taken by way of cancelling that
        passport,
the Minister may cancel that passport.



"(1C) A person who has in his possession or under his control an Australian
passport that has been cancelled under sub-section (1) shall, on demand by an
officer, forthwith deliver up the passport to the officer.

Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 1 year.



"(1D) An Australian passport issued to a person may be cancelled by an
authorized officer when the officer issues another passport to that person.";

   (g)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ", or by an officer authorized in
        that behalf by the Minister" and substituting ", or an approved
        representative or the approved senior officer"; and

   (h)  by omitting from sub-section (4) "officer" and substituting "approved
        representative or by the approved senior officer".