Australian Citizenship Act 1948
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52A Review of decisions
(1) Applications may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the following decisions: (aaaa) decisions of the Minister under subsection 10B(1A) that the Minister is not satisfied that a person is of good character; (aaa) decisions of the Minister under section 10C refusing an application for registration; (aa) decisions of the Minister that the Minister is not satisfied as to the matters referred to in subsection 11(3); (a) decisions of the Minister under section 13 or subsection 23D(1) refusing an application; (ab) decisions of the Minister under section 14B revoking the grant of a certificate; (b) decisions of the Minister under section 18 other than decisions under subsection 18(5); (c) decisions of the Minister under subsection 21(1) or 23(2) or section 47; (d) decisions of the Minister, the Secretary, or a person authorized by the Secretary for the purposes of section 23A or 23B, under that section; (e) decisions of the Minister under subsection 23AA(1) refusing to register a declaration or under subsection 23AA(2) refusing to include the name of a child in a declaration; (ea) decisions of the Minister under subsection 23AB(1) refusing to register a declaration or under subsection 23AB(3) refusing to include the name of a child in a declaration; (f) decisions of the Minister that the Minister is satisfied as to the matters referred to in subsection 23D(1A). (2) A person is not entitled to make an application under subsection (1) for review of a decision under section 13 (other than paragraph 13(9)(a) or (b)) unless the person is a permanent resident. (3) In this section, decision has the same meaning as in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975.