12Application to revoke a temporary exclusion order

12 Application to revoke a temporary exclusion order

(1) An application for revocation of a temporary exclusion order may be made orally or in writing to: (a) the Minister; or (b) the Department. (2) The Minister may, in writing, authorise any person (whether in or outside Australia) to receive applications on behalf of the Minister or Department for the purposes of subsection (1). (3) The application must include: (a) the following information about the person to whom the temporary exclusion order relates: (i) the person’s full name; (ii) the person’s date and place of birth; (iii) the person’s contact details; and (b) a statement specifying the reasons why the person seeks to have the temporary exclusion order revoked. (4) However, if the person making the application does not have information required by subsection (3), the person must explain why in the application. (5) If the application is made on behalf of someone else, the person making the application must provide the following in the application: (a) the person’s full name; (b) the person’s contact details; (c) the person’s relationship to the person to whom the application relates; (d) a statement that the person to whom the application relates has consented to the person making the application on their behalf.

Note: Sections 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code create offences for providing false or misleading information or documents.