ADMIN 23/173

AusCheck (Background Checks—2024 Association of Southeast Asian Nations–Australia Special Commemorative Summit) Declaration 2023

I, Clare O’Neil, Minister for Home Affairs, under section 21F of the AusCheck Regulations 2017, declare:

(a)     that background checks of individuals in connection with the MNE accreditation (within the meaning of section 4 of the AusCheck Regulations 2017) in relation to the 2024 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)–Australia Special Commemorative Summit must include assessment of information relating to the matters mentioned in paragraphs 5(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the AusCheck Act 2007 (the Act); and

(b) that the assessment of information relating to the matter mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of the Act must consist of both electronic identity verification checks and in person identity verification checks.

This instrument commences immediately after the commencement of the AusCheck (Major National Event—2024 Association of Southeast Asian Nations–Australia Special Commemorative Summit) Declaration 2023.

Dated 6 December 2023

Clare O’Neil 

Minister for Home Affairs