Departmental form 1427
Biometric Identification Test – Independent Person Information and Acceptance
Character or identity · PDF form · updated 25/05/2022
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- What it is for
- Explains the role of an independent observer at a biometric identification test conducted under the Migration Act 1958 and records that person's agreement to act in that role. The independent person observes the test and may later be asked to recount what occurred.
- Who completes it
- Completed and signed by the independent person nominated to observe the test (not the person undergoing the test), at the request of the individual required to provide biometric identifiers.
- Information it collects (in general terms)
- The name of the person providing the identifier, and the independent observer's full name, address, signature and date of acceptance.
- When it is used
- Used when a person required to undergo an identification test asks that an independent person be present to observe, and that observer needs to acknowledge and accept the role before the test.
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