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Bills of the current Parliament

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Australian Citizenship Amendment (Defence Service Requirement) Bill 2012

Type	Private
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Not Proceeding
Sponsor	ROBERT, Stuart, MP

Summary

Amends the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to ensure that spouses and dependent children of eligible Australian Defence Force (ADF) lateral transfer members (persons who have served in another nation’s armed forces and have migrated to Australia to join the ADF) are eligible for citizenship at the same time as the ADF lateral transfer member.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	21/05/12
Second reading moved	28/05/12
Second reading debate	28/05/12
Removed from the Notice Paper in accordance with (SO 42)	12/02/13