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LIN 25/088
Australian Citizenship (Authorisation) Instrument 2025
I, Julian Hill, Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.
Dated 15 September 2025
Julian Hill
Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Schedules
6 Authorisation—requesting personal identifiers
7 Authorisation—accessing identifying information
Schedule 1—Repeals
Australian Citizenship Act 2007 – Instrument of Authorisation (Subsections 40(3), 40(4), 42(3) and 42(4)) 2015 – IMMI 15/063
1 Name
This instrument is the Australian Citizenship (Authorisation) Instrument 2025.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after registration.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsections 40(3), 40(4), 42(3) and 42(4) of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007.
4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:
(a) entrusted person;
(b) identifying information;
(c) personal identifier.
In this instrument:
Act means the Australian Citizenship Act 2007.
5 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
6 Authorisation—requesting personal identifiers
(1) Under subsection 40(3) of the Act, a person who is an entrusted person is authorised for the purposes of paragraph 40(1)(d) of the Act.
(2) Under subsection 40(4) of the Act, a person who is an entrusted person is a class of persons authorised for the purposes of paragraph 40(1)(e) of the Act.
7 Authorisation—accessing identifying information
1. For the purposes of subsection 42(3) of the Act, a person who is an entrusted person is authorised to access identifying information of any kind for any one or more of the purposes specified in subsection (2).
(2) For the purposes of subsection 42(4) of the Act, the following purposes are specified:
(a) where obtaining the identifier is necessary for either or both of the following purposes:
(i) assisting in the identification of, and to authenticate the identity of, a person making an application under Part 2 of the Act or seeking to sit a test approved in a determination under section 23A of the Act; or
(ii) combating document and identity fraud in citizenship matters;
(b) disclosing identifying information in accordance with Division 5 in Part 2 of the Act;
(c) administering or managing the storage of identifying information;
(d) making identifying information available to the person to whom it relates;
(e) modifying identifying information to enable it to be matched with other identifying information;
(f) modifying identifying information in order to correct errors or ensure compliance with appropriate standards;
(g) the purposes of the Act or of the Migration Act 1958 or the regulations made under those Acts;
(h) complying with Australian laws.
Schedule 1—Repeals
Australian Citizenship Act 2007 – Instrument of Authorisation (Subsections 40(3), 40(4), 42(3) and 42(4)) 2015 – IMMI 15/063
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument.