Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016
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In this instrument:
Act means the Australian Citizenship Act 2007.
Australian mission overseas means a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth outside Australia.
Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption means the Convention on Protection of Children and Co‑operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, done at The Hague on 29 May 1993.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1998 No. 21 ([1998] ATS 21) and could in 2016 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
presiding officer means any of the following persons before whom a pledge of commitment may be made:
(a) a person authorised under subsection 27(4) of the Act;
(b) a person included in a class of persons authorised under subsection 27(5) of the Act.