In Australia, statutory declarations must be witnessed by a
person prescribed by the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 and
Regulations. Any attachments to the Declaration must be
certified by a prescribed person. Prescribed persons include
those who are a:
• Justice of the Peace;
• medical practitioner;
• legal practitioner;
• civil marriage celebrant or registered minister of religion;
• dentist;
• nurse;
• optometrist;
• pharmacist;
• physiotherapist;
• full-time teacher;
• bank manager or bank officer with 5 or more continuous
years of service;
• postal manager or permanent employee of the Australian
Postal Commission with 5 or more continuous years of
service;
• police officer; or
• public servant with 5 or more continuous years of service.
A full list of prescribed persons can be found in the Statutory
Declarations Regulations 1993, which is available through the
Attorney-General’s Department website www.ag.gov.au/agd/WWW/agdhome.nsf/Page/Portfolio