Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018

An authorised affidavit taker before whom an affidavit is sworn or affirmed must do the following—

sign or initial any alteration to the affidavit;

sign each page of the affidavit;

administer the oath or affirmation to the deponent in accordance with Part 2;

comply with section 27.

If an affidavit refers to a document, the authorised affidavit taker must attach a certificate to the document identifying the document as an exhibit to the affidavit and do the following—

sign and date the certificate;

write, type or stamp below the affidavit taker's signature on the certificate the details referred to in section 27(1)(c).

An authorised affidavit taker must ensure that an affidavit is dated.

Part 5 does not apply to a certificate attached to an exhibit under this section.

If an affidavit has been signed and sworn or affirmed by a deponent under section 25 by audio visual link, an authorised affidavit taker may use a scanned or electronic copy of the affidavit for the purposes of complying with the requirements of this section and section 27.