Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018

In addition to a person referred to in section 30(2), the following persons are authorised as statutory declaration witnesses for the purpose of a person making any statutory declaration in any place out of Victoria for use in Victoria in any court or tribunal or before a person acting judicially or for any purpose or in any way authorised by law (whether by or under any Act, including a Commonwealth Act), by custom or otherwise—

an Australian consular officer exercising the officer's functions in that place;

an employee of the Commonwealth referred to in section 3(c) of the Consular Fees Act 1955 of the Commonwealth;

an employee of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission referred to in section 3(d) of the Consular Fees Act 1955 of the Commonwealth;

any person having authority to administer an oath or affirmation in that place.

If by any Act or subordinate instrument a statutory declaration is required, authorised or permitted to be administered or made before a justice of the peace or a bail justice, it is sufficient if the statutory declaration is made before a justice of the peace or bail justice (however described) for that place outside Victoria where the statutory declaration is made.

A court, tribunal or person acting judicially must take judicial and official notice of the signature of any justice of the peace or bail justice for a place outside Victoria referred to in subsection (2) when that person's signature is attached or appended to any statutory declaration.

For the purpose of subsection (3), judicial and official notice of the signature of the justice of the peace or bail justice for a place outside Victoria means that there is a presumption that, unless the contrary is proved—

the justice of the peace or bail justice signed the statutory declaration; and

the justice of the peace or bail justice was an authorised statutory declaration witness at the time of taking the statutory declaration.