5.1Period of validity

5.1 Period of validity

(1) For subsection 20(2) of the Australian Passports Act, and subject to subsection (2), and sections 5.2 and 5.3, a passport ceases to be valid at the end of the day specified in the passport as the date of expiry. (2) The maximum period for which a passport may be valid is as follows: (a) subject to paragraphs (c) to (j), for a passport issued to an adult—10 years; (b) subject to paragraphs (e) to (j), for a passport issued to a child—5 years; (c) for a passport issued to a person aged 75 years or over who pays the fee mentioned in item 1.3 or 1.6 of Schedule 4—5 years; (d) for a passport issued to a person whose travel documents have been lost or stolen at least 3 times in the 5 years immediately before the date of applying for the passport—5 years; (e) for a concurrent passport issued to a person in a circumstance mentioned in section 4.1—3 years; (f) for an emergency passport—1 year; (g) for a passport issued to a person surrendering a diplomatic or official passport on resignation overseas from the person’s diplomatic or official position—1 year; (h) for a passport issued to a person travelling internationally for the purpose of gender reassignment, if the passport is issued to the person in the intended gender—1 year; (i) for a passport issued to a terminally ill child or an accompanying family member for the purpose of travel sponsored by an Australian charitable organisation—1 year; (j) for a replacement passport issued to reflect a change of name, for which the fee is waived under paragraph 8.2(b)—the period ending when the passport being replaced would otherwise have ceased to be valid; (k) for a replacement passport issued to a child, for which the application fee is waived under paragraph 8.2(a)—the period ending when the passport being replaced would otherwise have ceased to be valid.