Christmas Island (Citizenship) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1980 No. 371

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CHRISTMAS ISLAND ACT 19581

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Christmas Island Act  1958.

Dated this twenty-second day of December 1980.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. ELLICOTT

Minister of State for Home Affairs and Environment

Amendments of the Christmas Island (Citizenship) Regulations2

Interpretation

 1. Regulation 2 of the Christmas Island (Citizenship) Regulations is amended by inserting “or 15A” after “15” in the definition of “declaration”.

 2. Regulation 3 of the Christmas Island (Citizenship) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Form of declaration

• “3.

  (1) A declaration under section 15 of the Act shall be in accordance with Form 1 in the Schedule.

• “(2)

  A declaration under section 15A of the Act shall be in accordance with Form 2 in the Schedule.”.

Forwarding of declaration

 3. Regulation 4 of the Christmas Island (Citizenship) Regulations is amended —

• (a)

  by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “For the purpose of exercising a right to become an Australian citizen conferred by section 15 of the Act, a” and substituting “A”; and

• (b)

  by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “shall” and substituting “may”.

Penalties

 4. Regulation 10 of the Christmas Island (Citizenship) Regulations is amended —

• (a)

  by omitting “Fifty pounds” and substituting “$100”; and

• (b)

  by omitting “three” and substituting “3”.

Schedule

 5. The Schedule to the Christmas Island (Citizenship) Regulations is amended —

• (a)

  by omitting “THE SCHEDULE.  Regulation 3”

and substituting —

“SCHEDULE

FORM 1

Sub-regulation 3 (1)”;

and

• (b)

  by adding at the end thereof the following form:

“FORM 2

Sub-regulation 3 (2)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Christmas Island Act 1958

DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 15A

I  (full name)  of  (address)  do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:

1.

I am not an Australian citizen.

2.

I was immediately before 1 October 1958 ordinarily resident in Christmas Island.

3.

I am an ordinary resident in *

4.

I was born on  19  .

5.

I wish to become an Australian citizen.

 

(Signature of the declarant)

Made and subscribed at

this day of  19  .

 

before me

(Signature of the person before whom declaration is made)

* Here insert “Australia” or, where the applicant is resident in an external Territory, the name of that external Territory, as the case requires.”.

Notes

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 1980.

2. Statutory Rules 1958 No. 61 as amended by Statutory Rules 1979 No. 36.