47AReplacement certificates

#### 47A Replacement certificates Where the Minister proposes to amend a certificate of Australian citizenship (in this section referred to as the original certificate) under section 47, not being an amendment including the name of a person in, or omitting the name of a person from, the original certificate, the Minister may, in the Minister’s discretion, in lieu of so amending the original certificate, upon surrender of the original certificate to the Minister, grant and issue a further certificate of Australian citizenship (in this section referred to as the replacement certificate) in which that amendment has been incorporated and thereupon the replacement certificate has effect for all purposes of this Act as if it had been granted and issued at the same time as the original certificate and the original certificate had not been granted.