STATUTORY RULES.
1955. No..
REGULATIONS UNDER THE COCOS
(KEELING) ISLANDS ACT 1955.*
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955.
Dated
this twenty third day of November, 1955.
W. J. Slim
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister
of State for Territories.
Cocos
(Keeling) Islands (Citizenship)
Regulations.
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be
cited as the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Citizenship) Regulations.
Definitions.
2. In these Regulations,
unless the contrary intention appears—
“
authorized officer ”, in relation to the exercise of a power or function under
these Regulations, means a person authorized for that purpose by the Minister ;
“
declarant ” means a person who makes a declaration ;
“
declaration ” means a declaration under section 14 of the Act ;
“
the Act ” means the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955 ;
“
the Secretary ” means the Secretary to the Department of Immigration.
Form
of declaration.
3. A declaration shall be
in accordance with the form in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Time
within which declaration to be made.
4. For the purposes of
sub-section (1.) of section 14 of the Act, the time within which a declaration
may be made is—
(a)in the case of a person who is under the age of twenty-one years at the
date of commencement of the Act—two years after the date on which he attains
that age ; and
(b) in any other case—two years after the date of commencement of the Act.
Forwarding
of declaration.
5.—(1.) For the purpose of
exercising a right to become an Australian citizen conferred by section 14 of
the Act, a person who makes a declaration shall forward the declaration to, or
lodge it with, the Secretary or an authorized officer.
(2.) Where a declaration is
forwarded to, or lodged with, an authorized officer, that officer shall forward
it to the Secretary.
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Registration
of declaration.
6.—(1.) Upon being
satisfied that the declarant is entitled to make a declaration and that the
declaration complies with the requirements of these Regulations, the Secretary
shall register the declaration.
(2.) Upon registration, the
declaration shall be filed in the records of the Department of Immigration, and
a certified copy of the declaration shall be forwarded to the declarant.
Particulars,
&c., may be required.
7. The
Secretary may require a declarant to furnish such particulars and produce such
documents as the Secretary thinks necessary to establish that the declarant is
entitled to make a declaration, and may refuse to register the declaration
until those particulars and documents are furnished or produced.
Replacement
of lost copy of declaration.
8. If he is satisfied that
the certified copy of a declaration has been lost or destroyed, the Secretary
may supply a further certified copy of the declaration to the declarant.
Certified
copy to be endorsed.
9. A certified copy of a
declaration shall have endorsed on it a certificate by the Secretary or an
authorized officer that it is a true copy of the original declaration and that the
original declaration has been registered.
Persons
before whom declarations may be made.
10. A declaration may be
made before a Commissioner for Declarations, a Justice of the Peace or an
authorized officer.
Penalties.
11. A declarant shall not,
in his declaration or in furnishing particulars or producing a document
required under these Regulations, make, orally or in writing, a false or
misleading statement.
Penalty: Fifty pounds or
imprisonment for three months.
THE
SCHEDULE.
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Regulation 3.
Commonwealth
of Australia.
Cocos
(Keeling) Islands Act 1955.
DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 14.
I
[full name] of [address]do solemnly and sincerely declare as
follows:—
1. I was, immediately before the
twenty-third day of November, 1955, a
British subject ordinarily resident in the Cocos or Keeling Islands.
2. I wish to
become an Australian citizen.
Dated
this day
of , 19 .
(Signature.)
Made
and subscribed at this day of , 19 ,
before me
(Person
before whom declaration is made.)
Printed for the Government of the Commonwealth by A. J. Arthur at the Government Printing
Office, Canberra.