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Australian Passports Determination 2005
4.1Concurrent passports
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4.1 Concurrent passports
For subsection 17(2) of the Australian Passports Act, the Minister may issue an Australian passport to a person in any of the following circumstances: (a) the person needs a second passport to avoid significant delays in travel that would otherwise be caused by waiting for a visa to be issued; (b) the person intends to travel to a country that will not accept a travel document showing evidence of travel to another country, and the person’s current Australian passport shows evidence of travel to that other country; (c) the Minister is satisfied that other exceptional circumstances exist.