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Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Act 2009 - Proclamation

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This is a commencement proclamation—a formal legal notice that brings part of an Act into force. Specifically, it sets 9 November 2009 as the day when Schedule 1 of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Act 2009 starts operating.

What it does:

Activates the citizenship test changes and other measures contained in Schedule 1 of the parent Act
Signed by Governor-General Quentin Bryce on 29 October 2009 on advice of the Federal Executive Council
Does not contain the actual citizenship test questions, pass rates, or eligibility rules—those sit in the Schedule itself or the amended principal Act

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Proclamation

Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Act 2009

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Act 2009, fix 9 November 2009 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 29 October 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

CHRIS EVANS

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

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