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.