Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT 2007 - SECT 36

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a person ceases to be an Australian citizen at a particular time (the cessation time ) under section   33, 34 or 34A; and

  (b)   at the cessation time, the person is a responsible parent of a child aged under 18;

then:

  (c)   the Minister may, by writing, revoke the child's Australian citizenship; and

  (d)   if the Minister does so--the child ceases to be an Australian citizen at the time of the revocation.

Exception--another responsible parent

  (2)   If, at the cessation time, another responsible parent of the child is an Australian citizen, subsection   (1) does not apply to the child:

  (a)   while there is a responsible parent who is an Australian citizen; and

  (b)   if there ceases to be such a responsible parent because of the death of a responsible parent--at any time after that death.

Exception--statelessness

  (3)   The Minister must not revoke a child's Australian citizenship under subsection   (1) if the Minister is satisfied that the child would then become a person who is not a national or citizen of any country.