Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of subsection 37(3) of the Act, a notice must be in accordance with the form in Schedule 2.
(2) The signature of the Minister on the notice may be a facsimile that is printed or stamped.
(3) A presiding officer may sign the notice if the person to whom the notice is given acquired citizenship by conferral after making the pledge of commitment in accordance with section 27 of the Act before that presiding officer.
(4) The following information in relation to the person to whom the notice is given may be set out on the back of the notice:
(a) the person's name at the time of acquisition of Australian citizenship, if different from the person's current name;
(b) the date of any notice of evidence of Australian citizenship previously given to the person;
(c) any other name in which a notice of evidence of Australian citizenship has previously been given to the person;
(d) any other date of birth in a notice of evidence of Australian citizenship previously given to the person.
Note: A notice given under section 37 of the Act is prima facie evidence of the matters in the notice (see subsection 37(5) of the Act).
(5) If the back of the notice sets out any of the information referred to in subsection (4), the signature of the Minister (which may be a facsimile that is printed or stamped) must also be included on the back of the notice.