Federal Party Handbook
APPENDIX - Persons before whom a Statutory Declaration may be made
Members of Certain Professions
- Chiropractor
- Dentist
- Legal practitioner
- Medical practitioner
- Nurse
- Patent attorney
- Pharmacist
- Veterinary surgeon
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
- Magistrate
- Master of a court
- Member of the Australian Defence Force who is:
- an officer; or
- a non-commissioned officer within the meaning of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 with 5 or more years of continuous service; or
- warrant officer within the meaning of that Act
- Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the CPA Australia 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:
- the Parliament of the Commonwealth; or
- the Parliament of a State; or
- a Territory legislature; or
- 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
- Permanent employee of:
- the Commonwealth or of a Commonwealth authority; or
- a State or Territory or of a State or Territory authority; or
- a local government authority; with 5 or more years of continuous service who is not specified in another item of 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



