New and revised forms
New and revised forms published on or after 5 June 2017 have been notified in compliance with section 48(5) and (6) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (AIA). Accordingly, the form links on this webpage to those forms contain the version number and date of first publication of that form version.
New and revised forms published before 5 June 2017 have been notified in compliance with section 48(5) AIA by notification in the gazette. The form links on this webpage to those forms do not contain the version number nor first publication date.
Special Witnesses and Substitute Signatories
On 30 April 2022, the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (JOLA) commenced. JOLA made permanent many of the temporary measures which had been introduced during the COVID 19 emergency, including the capacity to remotely witness and/or electronically sign statutory declarations and affidavits under the Oaths Act 1867 (Oaths Act).
Fact Sheets have been created by the Department of Justice and Attorney-General to assist with understanding who can witness a statutory declaration and who can sign a statutory declaration as a substitute signatory.
