Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) If evidence is given in writing to the Registrar for the purposes of the Act or these Regulations, the evidence must be in the form of a declaration.
(2) The Registrar may:
(a) require a person who has made a declaration to appear before him or her to give evidence orally on oath or affirmation in substitution for, or addition to, the evidence contained in the declaration; and
(b) allow the person to be cross‑examined on the declaration.