List of recommendations

3.13The Committee recommends that the Government consider any potential amendments to the new cessation regime in the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 after a reasonable period of 18-24 months so that its operation and effectiveness can be assessed.

3.14Should the Government consider any potential amendments to the new cessation regime after 18-24 months, the Committee recommends that the Government:

further consider the safeguards against rendering a person stateless within the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, to ensure that the provisions prevent the possibility of a person being left stateless, including in a de facto sense where they are unable to effectively exercise the rights of citizenship of the other country.

reconsider the inclusion of children aged 14-17 in the citizenship cessation regime and, if application of the regime to children is considered absolutely necessary, the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 be amended so that it is clear that a court may only make a citizenship cessation order in exceptional circumstances.