Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, a refusal/cancellation request is a request made to the Minister under subsection 12(1), 12(1A), 13(1), 14(1) or 16(1) by a competent authority, being a request that the Minister do either or both of the following:
(a) refuse to issue an Australian travel document to a person;
(b) cancel an Australian travel document that has been issued to a person.
(2) A competent authority may make a refusal/cancellation request in relation to a person:
(a) whether or not the person has applied for an Australian travel document; and
(b) whether or not an Australian travel document has been issued to the person; and
(c) if the refusal/cancellation request is made under a provision other than subsection 12(1A)--whether or not the person is an Australian citizen.
(3) To avoid doubt, a competent authority may suspect on reasonable grounds that circumstances in subsection 14(1) apply in relation to a person, even if the competent authority knows that the person has already been issued with an Australian travel document.