Australian Citizenship Act 2007
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4 Australian citizen
(1) For the purposes of this Act, Australian citizen means a person who: (a) is an Australian citizen under Division 1 or 2 of Part 2; or (b) satisfies both of the following: (i) the person was an Australian citizen under the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 immediately before the commencement day; (ii) the person has not ceased to be an Australian citizen under this Act. Citizenship under the old Act (2) If, under this Act, it is necessary to work out if a person was an Australian citizen at a time before the commencement day, work that out under the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 as in force at that time.