Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister must refuse to grant a protection visa to an applicant for a protection visa if:
(a) the applicant provides a bogus document as evidence of the applicant's identity, nationality or citizenship; or
(b) the Minister is satisfied that the applicant:
(i) has destroyed or disposed of documentary evidence of the applicant's identity, nationality or citizenship; or
(ii) has caused such documentary evidence to be destroyed or disposed of.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the Minister is satisfied that the applicant:
(a) has a reasonable explanation for providing the bogus document or for the destruction or disposal of the documentary evidence; and
(i) provides documentary evidence of his or her identity, nationality or citizenship; or
(ii) has taken reasonable steps to provide such evidence.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a person provides a
document if the person provides, gives or presents the document or causes the
document to be provided, given or presented.