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Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016
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> 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.