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Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016
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This item is authorised by the following title:
Australian Citizenship Act 2007
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F2023C00996 (C18)
28 October 2023
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30 June 2024
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
3 Authority
5 Definitions
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Part 2—Australian citizenship
6 Registration under section 18 of the Act
6A Citizenship for persons adopted in accordance with the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption or a bilateral arrangement
7 Registration under section 19E of the Act
8 Defence service requirement—prescribed visas
9 Prescribed reasons for failing to make pledge of commitment
10 Arrangements for making pledge of commitment
11 Registration under section 31 of the Act
12 Form of notice under subsection 37(3) of the Act
13 Personal identifiers
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Part 3—Other matters
15 Application for replacement of evidence of Australian citizenship lost, destroyed or damaged due to a natural disaster
16 Fees to accompany applications
17 Refund of fees under subsection 46(3) of the Act
18 Form of notice under section 47 of the Act
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Part 4—Transitional arrangements
19 Transitional provisions relating to the commencement of this instrument—applications made before commencement
20 Application of amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 3) Regulations 2017
21 Application of amendment made by Schedule 4 to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2018 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2018
22 Application of amendment made by Schedule 1 to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Payment of Fees) Regulations 2018
23 Application of amendment made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Concession Codes and Payment of Fees) Regulations 2019
24 Application of amendment made by Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Concession Codes and Payment of Fees) Regulations 2019
25 Application of amendment made by Schedule 1 to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2019
26 Application of amendment made by Schedule 1 to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2020
27 Application of amendment made by Schedule 3 to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2020 Measures No. 2) Regulations 2020
28 Application of amendments made by Schedules 5 and 6 to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2021
29 Fee for applications for evidence of citizenship where certain applications for citizenship approved after 1 July 2021
30 Application of amendment made by Schedule 2 to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Regulations 2021
31 Application of amendments made by Schedule 1 to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2022
32 Application of amendment made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Translation Requirements for Applications) Regulations 2022
33 Application of amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Indexation of Citizenship Application Fees) Regulations 2023
34 Application of amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Refund of Fees) Regulations 2023
Schedule 1—Preamble for citizenship ceremony
Schedule 2—Form of notice
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Schedule 3—Amounts to accompany applications
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history