21Information that may be requested

21 Information that may be requested

(1) For subsection 43(1) of the Act, the kinds of personal information that may be requested by the Minister for the purposes of Part 2 of the Act in relation to an application of a particular kind is the information mentioned in the application form for applications of that kind. (2) For subsection 43(1) of the Act, the Minister may request any of the following kinds of personal information for the purpose of satisfying himself or herself of a person’s identity or citizenship under section 8 of the Act: (a) the person’s name as shown in records held by the registrar of births, deaths and marriages (however described) of a State or Territory or by the Immigration Department; (b) the person’s date of birth as shown in those records; (c) the person’s place of birth as shown in those records; (d) the person’s sex as shown in those records.

Note: Subsection 43(2) of the Act provides that section 43 does not prevent the Minister from requesting under subsection 42(1) of the Act information that is not specified in this section.