Australian Citizenship Act 2007, as amended by Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Act 2020 (No. 88, 2020) to update provisions regarding Citizenship renunciation and revocation and Citizenship cessation determinations, has been compiled and registered on the Federal Register of Legislation on 08 October 2020.
The amendment incorporates new provisions regarding citizenship cessation determination for certain conduct, declared terrorist organisation, citizenship cessation determination for certain convictions, public interest in making or revoking citizenship cessation determinations, notice of citizenship cessation, determination that notice of citizenship cessation should not be given, revocation of citizenship cessation determination on application to Minister, revocation of citizenship cessation determination on Minister’s initiative, automatic revocation of citizenship cessation determination, and no resumption of citizenship if citizenship ceases under the above provisions.
These provisions are in effect from 18 September 2020 and accordingly, are currently in force.
To access the modified compilation of Citizenship Act, click here.
