5Definitions

5 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) Australian passport;
(b) Australian travel document;
(c) child;
(d) contactless integrated circuit;
(e) refusal/cancellation request;
(f) travel‑related document.

In this instrument:

Act means the Australian Passports Act 2005.

compassionate grounds, in relation to the waiver or refund of a fee relating to an application, include:

(a) the need to travel because of the death or serious illness of the applicant’s spouse, partner in a de facto relationship, partner in a registered relationship, parent, child, brother, sister, father‑in‑law or mother‑in‑law; and
(b) the need to travel with a person who:
(i) needs to travel because of a circumstance mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(ii) is the primary carer of the applicant.

data page, in relation to an Australian travel document, means the page that contains biographic data of the document holder and data in relation to the issue of the document.

de facto partner has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

de facto relationship has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 for the purpose of paragraph 2D(b) of that Act.

Immigration Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Migration Act 1958.

Refugee Convention means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28 July 1951, and the 1967 Protocol in force under that Convention.

Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1954 No 5 ([1954] ATS 5) and could in 2015 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

registered relationship has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 for the purpose of paragraph 2D(a) of that Act.