Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A declaration required by the Act or these Regulations to be given to the Registrar must:
(a) be headed with the title of the matter for which the declaration is made; and
(b) be expressed in the first person; and
(c) state the name and address of the person making the declaration; and
(d) state the name and title of the person before whom the declaration is made; and
(e) state the date on which, and the place at which, the declaration is made; and
(f) be divided into paragraphs, each of which must be:
(i) numbered consecutively; and
(ii) as far as practicable, confined to 1 subject.
(1A) If the declaration is made on behalf of another person, it must also state the other person's name and address.
(1B) If the declaration is made for the purposes of a business whose details are set out in the declaration, it must also state:
(a) the office or position held in the business by the person who makes the declaration; and
(b) the address of the place at which the business is conducted or principally conducted.
(2) A declaration must be made before:
(a) a magistrate; or
(b) a justice of the peace; or
(c) a commissioner for affidavits; or
(d) a commissioner for declarations; or
(e) a notary public; or
(f) a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 or the law of the State, Territory or foreign country where the declaration is made; or
(g) a diplomatic or consular officer.
(3) In this regulation:
diplomatic or consular officer means a person who holds any of the following offices of the Commonwealth in a country other than Australia:
(a) ambassador;
(b) high commissioner;
(c) minister;
(d) chargé d'affaires;
(e) counsellor or second or third secretary at an embassy, high commission or other post;
(f) consul‑general;
(g) consul;
(h) vice‑consul.