International Protection Act 2026

Meaning of “false” and “making”

210. (1) A travel document is false for the purposes of section 209 if it—

(a) purports to have been issued by the Minister who did not in fact issue it, or

(b) purports to have been altered in any respect by the Minister who did not in fact alter it in that respect.

(2) A person shall be treated for the purposes of section 209 as making a travel document that is false if he or she alters a travel document so as to make it false in any respect (whether or not it is false in some other respect apart from that alteration).