EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules No. 306 of 1986
Australian Citizenship Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
Section 53 of the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 (the Act), so far as is relevant, provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The regulations amend Regulation 10 to reflect amendments made to the Act by the 1984 amendments to the Act. As a consequence of the amendments to Regulation 10, Forms 6 and 7 in the Second Schedule will be omitted and a new Form 6 substituted.
Details of the proposed regulations are as follows:
• Regulation 1 omits sub-regulations (1) and (2) of Regulation 10 and substitutes a new sub-regulation which provides for a certificate of Australian citizenship, granted under section 13 of the Act to be in accordance with the new Form 6.
• Regulation 2 omits Forms 6 and 7, and substitutes a new Form 6. The format of the new Form 6 is included in Regulation 2.
• Regulation 3 provides for a transition period up to 31 January 1987 during which both the old Form 6 and Form 7 type certificates already prepared, but not presented to a person can still be used.