# Authorised officers must require and carry out identification tests

> reg-3.31 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

3.31 Authorised officers must require and carry out identification tests
               For paragraph 261AB(1)(a) of the Act, the types of personal identifiers are as
               follows:
                 (a) fingerprints or handprints of the non-citizen (including those taken using
                     paper and ink or digital livescanning technologies);
                 (b) a measurement of the non-citizen’s height and weight;
                 (c) a photograph or other image of the non-citizen’s face;
                 (d) the non-citizen’s signature.









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