Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PASSPORTS AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 168, 1984 - SECT 2

2. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting after the definition of "Administrator" in sub-section (1)
the following definitions:



" 'approved officer' means the person who is the approved officer for the
purposes of this Act by virtue of an appointment under section 6AB;

" 'approved representative' means a person holding, or performing the duties
of, any of the following offices (being an office of Australia) in a country
or place outside Australia:

   (a)  Ambassador;

   (b)  High Commissioner;

   (c)  Minister;

   (d)  Head of a Mission;

   (e)  Consul-General; or

   (f)  Consul;

" 'approved senior officer' means the person who is the approved senior
officer for the purposes of this Act by virtue of an appointment under section
6AA;";

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definitions of "British passport"
        and "British subject";

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "passport" and
        substituting the following definition:



" 'prescribed minor' means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years,
not being a person who is, or has been, married;";
and

   (d)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:



"(3) Where regulations empower the Minister or officers to issue certificates
of identity or other documents of identity for travel purposes, a reference in
section 6A, 8 (other than paragraph (1A) (a)), 8A, 9, 9A (other than paragraph
(f)), 9B (other than paragraph (f)), 9C (other than paragraph (2) (a)), 10,
11A or 12 to an Australian passport, to a passport granted in pursuance of
this Act or to a passport shall be read as including a reference to a
certificate of identity or other document of identity issued by virtue of
those regulations.



"(4) A reference in paragraph 9A (f) or 9B (f) to a passport issued by or on
behalf of the government of a foreign country shall be read as including a
reference to a document of identity issued by or on behalf of the government
of a foreign country for travel purposes (whether or not also issued for any
other purpose).



"(5) For the purposes of this Act, where an overseas custody order within the
meaning of Part VII of the Family Law Act 1975 is registered in a court in
Australia in accordance with regulations under section 68 of that Act, that
order shall be deemed to be an order of that court made in pursuance of that
Act.".