24Methods to be used for confirming evidence of identity

24 Methods to be used for confirming evidence of identity

(1) For paragraph 47(1)(a) of the Act, the following methods are to be used for the purposes of confirming the validity of evidence of the identity of an applicant for an Australian travel document, or a person to whom an Australian travel document has been issued: (a) matching a digitised version of a photograph that is either: (i) provided by the applicant; or (ii) taken by the Department or its agent for the purpose of the application; with any other digitised photograph held by or provided to the Department; (b) embedding a contactless integrated circuit into the travel document in a manner that the Minister considers is consistent with international standards and recommended practices and procedures for travel documents adopted in accordance with the Convention on International Civil Aviation, done at Chicago on 7 December 1944.

Note 1: Any personal information collected as part of using a method specified in this section must be dealt with in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles.

Note 2: The Convention on International Civil Aviation is in Australian Treaty Series 1957 No. 5 ([1957] ATS 5) and could in 2015 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

(2) For subsection 47(3) of the Act, the personal information mentioned in column 2 of item 2 of the table in subsection 23(2) may be used for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1).