Oaths Act 2001

In this Act –

affidavit includes – any affirmation, statutory declaration or other declaration; and any acknowledgment, examination or attestation; and for the purpose of section 7, any deposition or statement made by an informant or a complainant;

appointed person means a person appointed under section 9 to take and receive evidence;

commissioner for declarations means a person referred to in section 12;

consular agent means – a consul-general, consul, vice-consul or consular agent; and an acting consul-general, acting consul, acting vice-consul or acting consular agent;

declared office means an office declared under section 8;

diplomatic agent means – any ambassador, envoy, high commissioner, minister, head of mission, commissioner, charge d'affaires, counsellor or secretary at any embassy, legation, high commission or commission; and a trade commissioner; and a person appointed to hold or act in a declared office in a country or place outside Australia;

judicial authority means a judge, person, court or body authorised by the law of a place outside this State to take or receive evidence on oath in that place;

oath includes an affirmation and a declaration;

relevant matter includes – age; and the capacity to hear, understand or communicate.