Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsIf a person presents to an issuing body, as an identification document, a document that:
(a) is a public document for the purposes of the Hague Convention; and
(b) was issued in a country (other than Australia) that is a Contracting State to that Convention;
the issuing body may require the person to have the document authenticated in accordance with that Convention.
Note: The authentication procedure involves the endorsement on, or attachment to, the document of a certificate in a standard form. Details of the procedure and any fee payable should be available from the embassy of the country in which the document was issued.