Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005

In this section —

of the Supreme Court, means the Chief Justice;

of the District Court, means the Chief Judge of the court;

of the Family Court, means the Chief Judge of the court;

of the Magistrates Court, means the Chief Magistrate of the court;

of the Children’s Court, means the President of the Court;

The chief judicial officer of a court may appoint any person who is on the court’s staff but who, under section 9(6), is not an authorised witness for affidavits, to be a court authorised witness for the court, and may at any time cancel such an appointment.

The appointment must be in writing and be kept in the court’s records.

A person’s appointment as a court authorised witness ceases when the person ceases to be on the court’s staff or when it is cancelled by the chief judicial officer of the court, whichever happens first.

For the purposes of section 9, a court authorised witness is an authorised witness for any affidavit that is made for use in the court for which the officer is appointed and section 9, with any necessary changes, applies accordingly.