Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For section 501D of the Act, information or material must be:
(a) in writing; and
(b) received by the Minister or Immigration within 28 days after the person is invited by the Minister or Immigration to submit information or material.
(2) A document containing the information or material must be:
(a) the original document; or
(b) a copy of the original document that is certified in writing to be a true copy by:
(i) a Justice of the Peace; or
(ii) a Commissioner for Declarations; or
(iii) a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 ; or
(iv) if the copy is certified in a place outside Australia:
(A) a person who is the equivalent of a Justice of the Peace or a Commissioner for Declarations in that place; or
(B) a Notary Public.
(3) The document must contain, or be accompanied by, the following written information:
(a) the full name of the person who is the subject of the decision to which the information or material contained in the document relates;
(b) the date of birth of that person;
(c) one of the following:
(i) the applicant's client number;
(ii) the Immigration file number;
(iii) the number of the receipt issued by Immigration when the visa application was made;
(d) if the visa application was made outside Australia--the name of the Australian mission or Immigration office at which the visa application was given to the Minister.
(4) If the document is submitted in a language other than English, it must be accompanied by an accurate English translation.