14BRevocation of grant of certificate of Australian citizenship before conferral of citizenship

#### 14B Revocation of grant of certificate of Australian citizenship before conferral of citizenship (1) If: (a) a certificate of Australian citizenship has been granted to a person under this Division after the commencement of this section; and (b) the person has not become an Australian citizen under section 15; and (c) either: (i) if it were assumed that the certificate had not been granted and the person were to make a fresh application for the certificate, the Minister would be required to make a decision under section 13 refusing the application; or (ii) the person has failed to make a pledge of commitment within 12 months after the day on which the person was notified of the Minister’s decision under section 13 to grant the certificate, and the person does not have an acceptable reason for the failure; the Minister may, in the Minister’s discretion, revoke the grant of the certificate. (2) For the purposes of the application of subparagraph (1)(c)(i) to a person to whom a certificate of Australian citizenship has been granted as a result of an application under subsection 13(1) (the actual application): (a) paragraphs 13(1)(d) and (e) and subsection 13(4) apply as if the date of the furnishing of the fresh application were the same as the date of the furnishing of the actual application; and (b) the remaining provisions of section 13 apply as if the fresh application had been made on the day before the day on which the Minister makes a decision under subsection (1) of this section whether to revoke the grant of the certificate. (3) For the purposes of the application of subparagraph (1)(c)(i) to a person to whom a certificate of Australian citizenship has been granted as a result of an application under subsection 13(9) (the actual application): (a) paragraph 13(9)(b) applies as if the fresh application were made on the same day as the actual application; and (b) the remaining provisions of section 13 apply as if the fresh application had been made on the day before the day on which the Minister makes a decision under subsection (1) of this section whether to revoke the grant of the certificate. (4) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(c)(ii), a reason is an acceptable reason if, and only if, the reason is declared by the regulations to be an acceptable reason for the purposes of this section. (5) If the Minister revokes the grant of a certificate, the Minister must give the person concerned a written notice of the revocation. The notice may be served personally, by post or by an electronic communication. (6) If the Minister revokes the grant of a certificate (whether or not notice has been given under subsection (5)), the person concerned is taken not to be a person to whom a certificate of Australian citizenship has been granted under this Division.