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Australian Passports Act 2005
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#### 48 Reviewable decisions
For the purposes of this Division, the following decisions under this Act are reviewable decisions:
(a) a decision to issue an Australian travel document, other than:
(i) a decision made under paragraph 9(1A)(b); or
(ii) a decision to issue an Australian travel document to a child;
(b) a decision to refuse to issue an Australian travel document (other than a decision in relation to which a declaration under subsection 11(3) has been made or a decision made because of subsection 12(2));
(c) a decision to cancel an Australian travel document (other than under section 22AA);
(ca) a decision to refuse to process an application for an Australian travel document;
(d) a decision that an Australian travel document is one to which paragraph 23(1)(a) or (b) applies;
(e) a decision under section 24 to demand the surrender of a cancelled Australian travel document, other than an Australian travel document cancelled because of paragraph 22(2)(d) or section 22AA;
(ea) a decision under section 24 to demand the surrender of an invalid Australian travel document;
(f) a decision under section 25 to demand the surrender of an Australian travel document;
(h) a decision under subsection 49(4);
(ha) a decision under subsection 53(4) to refuse a name or a signature;
(i) a decision not to waive an application fee imposed under the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005;
(j) a decision not to refund an application fee imposed under the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005;
(k) a decision to refund part of an application fee imposed under the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005.
> Note: Except in cases described in section 48A of this Act, under section 266 of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024, the decision‑maker must give to persons whose interests are affected by the decision a notification of the making of the decision and of their right to have the decision reviewed. In notifying any such persons, the decision‑maker must have regard to any matters prescribed by rules made for the purposes of section 267 of that Act.