18Refusal/cancellation requests

#### 18 Refusal/cancellation requests (1) For the purposes of this Act, a refusal/cancellation request is a request made to the Minister under subsection 12(1), 12(1A), 13(1), 14(1) or 16(1) by a competent authority, being a request that the Minister do either or both of the following: (a) refuse to issue an Australian travel document to a person; (b) cancel an Australian travel document that has been issued to a person. (2) A competent authority may make a refusal/cancellation request in relation to a person: (a) whether or not the person has applied for an Australian travel document; and (b) whether or not an Australian travel document has been issued to the person; and (c) if the refusal/cancellation request is made under a provision other than subsection 12(1A)—whether or not the person is an Australian citizen. (3) To avoid doubt, a competent authority may suspect on reasonable grounds that circumstances in subsection 14(1) apply in relation to a person, even if the competent authority knows that the person has already been issued with an Australian travel document.