COURTS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2014 - SCHEDULE 4

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COURTS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2014 - SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 4 – Amendments relating to consular officers

4.1 - Conveyancing Act 1919 No 6

Section 168 Verification of instruments executed out of New South Wales

Omit the definition of
"Australian Consular Officer" from section 168 (5). Insert instead:

"Australian Consular Officer" has the same meaning as in section 26 of the Oaths Act 1900 .

4.2 - Oaths Act 1900 No 20

Section 26 Before whom oaths and affidavits may be taken

Omit the definition of
"Australian Consular Officer" from section 26 (2). Insert instead:

"Australian Consular Officer" means a person referred to in section 3 (a)-(d) of the Consular Fees Act 1955 of the Commonwealth.

Those paragraphs refer to:

(a) an Australian Diplomatic Officer or an Australian Consular Officer, or

(b) the person holding or acting in the office of Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade or an officer of the Department acting with the authority of the Secretary, or

(c) an employee of the Commonwealth authorised, in writing, by the Secretary, or

(d) an employee of the Australian Trade Commission authorised, in writing, by the Secretary.

4.3 - Powers of Attorney Regulation 2011

Schedule 1 Persons who may endorse documents under section 44 (1) (a) (ii) of the Act

Omit "Australian or British Consular Officers" from Part 2.

Insert instead "Australian Consular Officers, or British Consular Officers, within the meaning of section 26 of the Oaths Act 1900 ,".