Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2007 (21 of 2007)

Schedule 3 Application and transitional provisions

Part 1 Provisions relating to the enactment of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007

2 Rules applicable to Australian citizens under the old Act

(1) This item applies to a person who was an Australian citizen under the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 immediately before the commencement day.

Note: The person becomes an Australian citizen under the new Act: see subsection 4(1) of the new Act.

Same kind of citizenship

(2) If the person, immediately before the commencement day, was an Australian citizen under the provision set out in column 2 of the following table, the person is taken, on and from that day, to be an Australian citizen under the provision set out in column 3 of the table:

Same kind of citizenship
Column 1 Item	Column 2 Provision under which person was a citizen	Column 3 Provision under which person is taken to be a citizen
1	Section 10B, 10C or 11 of the old Act	Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2 of the new Act
2	Division 2 of Part III of the old Act	Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 2 of the new Act

Person may cease to be a citizen under new Act

(3) This item does not prevent the person from ceasing to be an Australian citizen under the new Act.

Note: For example, section 34 of the new Act allows the Minister to revoke a person's citizenship.

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