Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Citizenship) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1961 No. 52 as amended

made under the

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955

This compilation was prepared on 9 May 2002
taking into account amendments up to SR 2002 No. 93

[Note:  These regulations were repealed by SR 2002 No. 93]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

Page

 1 Citation [see Note 1] 

 2 Repeal 

 3 Interpretation 

 4 Form of declaration 

 5 Forwarding of declaration 

 6 Registration of declaration 

 7 Filing of declaration 

 8 Particulars etc may be required 

 9 Replacement of lost copy of declaration 

 10 Certified copy to be endorsed 

 11 Persons before whom declarations may be made 

 12 Penalties 

Schedule 

Form 1 Declaration under section 14 

Form 2 Declaration under section 14A 

Notes  

1 Citation [see Note 1]

  These Regulations may be cited as the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Citizenship) Regulations.

2 Repeal

  The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Citizenship) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1955, No. 85; and 1958, No. 69) are repealed.

3 Interpretation

  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

authorized officer, in relation to the exercise of a power or function under these Regulations, means a person authorized for that purpose by the Minister.

declarant means a person who makes a declaration.

declaration means a declaration under section 14 or 14A of the Act.

Secretary means Secretary to the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs.

the Act means the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955-1958.

4 Form of declaration

 (1) A declaration under section 14 of the Act shall be in accordance with Form 1 in the Schedule.

 (2) A declaration under section 14A of the Act shall be in accordance with Form 2 in the Schedule.

5 Forwarding of declaration

 (1) A person who makes a declaration may forward the declaration to, or lodge it with, the Secretary or an authorized officer.

 (2) Where a declaration is forwarded to, or lodged with, an authorized officer, that officer shall forward it to the Secretary.

6 Registration of declaration

  Upon being satisfied that the declarant is entitled to make a declaration and that the declaration complies with the requirements of these Regulations, the Secretary shall register the declaration and cause a certified copy of the declaration to be forwarded to the declarant.

7 Filing of declaration

  The Secretary shall cause all registered declarations to be filed in the records of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs.

8 Particulars etc may be required

  The Secretary may require a declarant to furnish such particulars and produce such documents as the Secretary thinks necessary to establish that the declarant is entitled to make a declaration, and may refuse to register the declaration until those particulars and documents are furnished or produced.

9 Replacement of lost copy of declaration

  If the Secretary is satisfied that the certified copy of a declaration has been lost or destroyed, the Secretary may supply a further certified copy of the declaration to the declarant.

10 Certified copy to be endorsed

  A certified copy of a declaration shall have endorsed on it a certificate by the Secretary or an authorized officer that it is a true copy of the original declaration and that the original declaration has been registered.

11 Persons before whom declarations may be made

  A declaration may be made before a Commissioner for Declarations, a Justice of the Peace or an authorized officer.

12 Penalties

  A declarant shall not, in his declaration or in furnishing particulars or producing a document required under these Regulations, make, orally or in writing, a false or misleading statement.

Penalty:   $100 or imprisonment for three months.

Schedule  

Form 1 Declaration under section 14

(regulation 4)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955-1958

DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 14

 I (full name) of (address) do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:

1. I was, immediately before the twenty-third day of November, 1955, a British subject ordinarily resident in the Cocos or Keeling Islands.

2. I was born on , 19 .

 3. I wish to become an Australian citizen.

 Dated this day of , 19 .

(Signature)

 Made and subscribed at this day of , 19 ,

 before me

(Person before whom declaration is made)

Form 2 Declaration under section 14A

(subregulation 4 (2))

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955

DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 14A

I, (full name) of (address) do solemnly

and sincerely declare as follows:

1. I am not an Australian citizen.

2. I was immediately before 23 November 1955 ordinarily resident in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

3. I am ordinarily resident in* .

4. I was born on 19 .

5. I wish to become an Australian citizen.

 Dated this day of 19 .

 (Signature of the declarant)

Made and subscribed at

this day of 19 ,

 before me

 (Signature of the person before whom

 declaration is made)

________________________________________________________________

* Here insert ‘Australia’ or the name of the external Territory where the applicant is resident, as the case requires.

Notes to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Citizenship) Regulations

Note 1

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Citizenship) Regulations (in force under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1961 No. 52 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Table of Amendments