Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies in relation to a non - citizen who claims to be a person in respect of whom Australia has protection obligations (however arising).
(2) For the purposes of this Act, it is the responsibility of the non - citizen to specify all particulars of his or her claim to be such a person and to provide sufficient evidence to establish the claim.
(3) The purposes of this Act include:
(a) the purposes of a regulation or other instrument under this Act; and
(b) the purposes of any administrative process that occurs in relation to:
(i) this Act; or
(ii) a regulation or instrument under this Act.
(4) To remove doubt, the Minister does not have any responsibility or obligation to:
(a) specify, or assist in specifying, any particulars of the non - citizen's claim; or
(b) establish, or assist in establishing, the claim.