Australian Passports Act 2005

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The Australian Passports Act 2005 is the primary legislation that sets out the legal framework for the issue, use, and regulation of Australian passports and related travel documents.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal statute ⓘ
legislation ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ⓘ
Minister for Foreign Affairs ⓘ
appliesIn all Australian states and territories ⓘ
appliesTo Australian citizens ⓘ
holders of Australian travel documents ⓘ
citationStyle Australian Passports Act 2005 (Cth) ⓘ
contains offence provisions for false or misleading statements ⓘ
offence provisions for forgery of passports ⓘ
offence provisions for improper use of passports ⓘ
provisions on child passports ⓘ
provisions on parental consent for child passports ⓘ
provisions on refusal of passports on law enforcement grounds ⓘ
provisions on refusal of passports on security grounds ⓘ
provisions on surrender of passports to authorities ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
defines eligibility for an Australian passport ⓘ
grounds for cancellation of an Australian passport ⓘ
grounds for refusal of an Australian passport ⓘ
offences relating to misuse of passports ⓘ
enables making of regulations relating to passports ⓘ
governs conditions of use of Australian passports ⓘ
issuing authority for Australian passports ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea administrative law ⓘ
criminal law (offence provisions) ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
legalBasisFor Australian Passport Determination ⓘ
longTitle An Act relating to Australian passports and other travel documents, and for related purposes ⓘ
parliament Parliament of Australia ⓘ
purpose to establish the legal framework for the issue, use and regulation of Australian passports ⓘ
to protect the integrity of Australian travel documents ⓘ
regulates cancellation of Australian passports ⓘ
issue of Australian passports ⓘ
other Australian travel documents ⓘ
refusal of Australian passports ⓘ
surrender of Australian passports ⓘ
suspension of Australian passports ⓘ
use of Australian passports ⓘ
replaced Passports Act 1938 ⓘ
shortTitle Australian Passports Act 2005 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter international travel ⓘ
passports ⓘ
travel documents ⓘ
typeOfDocument Act of Parliament ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 2005 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian passports → governedBy → Australian Passports Act 2005 ⓘ
Australian Passport Office → followsPolicy → Australian Passports Act 2005 ⓘ
Australian Passports Act 2005 → shortTitle → Australian Passports Act 2005 ⓘ
Australian Passports Act 2005 → citationStyle → Australian Passports Act 2005 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to: Australian Passports Act 2005
Australian Passports Determination → basedOn → Australian Passports Act 2005 ⓘ
Australian Passports Determination → enablingAct → Australian Passports Act 2005 ⓘ