Australian Passports Act 2005
9Minister may issue travel‑related documents
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9 Minister may issue travel‑related documents
(1) The Minister may issue a person with a document of a kind specified in a Minister’s determination, being a document issued for the purposes of travel. (1A) A travel‑related document may be issued to a person: (a) on application by, or on behalf of, a person and in the circumstances specified in a Minister’s determination; or (b) on the Minister’s own initiative, if the Minister is satisfied that such a document is required: (i) to remove, deport or extradite the person from Australia; or (ii) to facilitate the deportation of the person to Australia; or (iii) to extradite the person to Australia; or (iv) if the person is a prisoner—to effect the transfer of the person. (2) Subsections (1) and (1A) are subject to section 10 and are affected by Division 2. (3) An application for a travel‑related document must be: (a) made in the form approved by the Minister; and (b) accompanied by the applicable fee (if any).