NSW citizenship certificate

[Hrsid]

the city of sydney website states:

"The certificate is legal proof of your Australian citizenship. You can frame the certificate later but it must not be laminated (as it will no longer be a legal document)."

If someone has mistakenly done lamination to preserve the certificate, what are the implications? is certificate no longer accepted as evidence od citizenship? there must be digital record of it as well with the department. what should the person ideally do in this case?

 

[Rob Legat - SBPL]

The website also says: If you lose it or it gets damaged and you need it replaced, contact the Department of of Home Affairs on 13 18 80.

I've seen anecdotal evidence (i.e. possibly completely unreliable) that lamination does not disqualify the document. But, to be safe, get a replacement.

 

[Tim W]

The website also says: If you lose it or it gets damaged and you need it replaced, contact the Department of of Home Affairs on 13 18 80.

I've seen anecdotal evidence (i.e. possibly completely unreliable) that lamination does not disqualify the document. But, to be safe, get a replacement.

I'm guessing here, but perhaps a certificate contains security features (perhaps a microdot or similar),
which could be used to verify its authenticity.
Perhaps such features might be rendered inoperative by being laminated.