Statutory Rules 1993   No. 1561
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Statutory Declarations Regulations
I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.
Dated 22 June 1993.

	BILL HAYDEN
	Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,

M. LAVARCH
Attorney-General
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Citation
	1.	These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Declarations Regulations.
[NOTE:  These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901,  s.  48.]
Interpretation
	2.	In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
“Act” means the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.
Persons before whom a statutory declaration may be made—paragraph 8 (b) of the Act
	3.	For the purposes of paragraph 8 (b) of the Act, the following persons are prescribed:
	(a)	a person who is authorised under a law in force in a State or Territory to practise as a member of a profession listed in Part 1 in the Schedule;
	(b)	a person listed in Part 2 in the Schedule.
Repeal of Statutory Declarations Regulations
	4.	Statutory Rules 1991 No. 398 are repealed.
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SCHEDULE                            Regulation 3

PERSONS BEFORE WHOM A STATUTORY
DECLARATION MAY BE MADE

PART 1—MEMBERS OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONS

Chiropractor
	
Dentist
	
Legal practitioner
	
Medical practitioner
	
Nurse
	
Patent attorney

SCHEDULE—continued 

Pharmacist
	
Veterinary surgeon

PART 2—OTHER PERSONS

Agent of the Australian Postal Corporation who is in charge of an office supplying postal services to the public
	
Australian Consular Officer, or Australian Diplomatic Officer, (within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1985)
	
Bailiff
	
Bank officer with 5 or more continuous years of service
	
Building society officer with 5 or more years of continuous service
	
Chief executive officer of a Commonwealth court
	
Civil marriage celebrant
	
Clerk of a court
	
Commissioner for Affidavits
	
Commissioner for Declarations
	
Credit union officer with 5 or more years of continuous service
	
Holder of a statutory office not specified in another item in this Part
	
Judge of a court
	
Justice of the Peace

SCHEDULE—continued

Magistrate
	
Master of a court
	
Member of the Australian Defence Force who is:
	(a)	an officer; or
	(b)	a non-commissioned officer within the meaning of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982  with 5 or more years of continuous service; or
	(c)	warrant officer within the meaning of that Act
	
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants or the National Institute of Accountants
	
Member of the Institute of Corporate Managers, Secretaries and Administrators
	
Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, other than at the grade of student
	
Member of:
	(a)	the Parliament of the Commonwealth; or
	(b)	the Parliament of a State; or
	(c)	a Territory legislature; or
	(d)	a local government authority of a State or Territory
	
Minister of religion registered under Division 1 of Part IV of the  Marriage Act 1961
	
Notary public

SCHEDULE—continued

Permanent employee of:
	(a)	the Commonwealth or of a Commonwealth authority; or
	(b)	a State or Territory or of a State or Territory authority; or
	(c)	a local government authority;
with 5 or more years of continuous service who is not specified in another item in this Part
	
Permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with 5 or more years of continuous service who is employed in an office supplying postal services to the public
	
Person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the law of the State or Territory in which the declaration is made
	
Police officer
	
Registrar, or Deputy Registrar, of a court
	
Senior Executive Service officer of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, or of a Commonwealth, State or Territory authority
	
Sheriff
	
Sheriff’s officer
	
Teacher employed on a full-time basis at a school or tertiary education institution	
	
NOTE
1.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on  29 June 1993.