{"id":"public-notaries-act-1979","name":"Public Notaries Act 1979","slug":"public-notaries-act-1979","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":106329,"registerId":"wa-public-notaries-act-1979-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Public Notaries Act 1979","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nPublic Notaries Act 1979\n\nWestern Australia\n\nPublic Notaries Act 1979\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used 1\n\n4. Repeal 2\n\n5. Confirmation of established Public Notaries, and preservation and continuation of the Roll of Notaries 2\n\n6. Appointment of Public Notaries 3\n\n7. Applications and qualifications 3\n\n8. Certificate of Chief Justice 4\n\n9. Intention to apply to Supreme Court (full bench) to be advertised 4\n\n10. Standing of Attorney General 4\n\n11. Objection to appointment 5\n\n12. Orders of the Supreme Court (full bench) appointing Public Notaries 5\n\n13. Oath to be taken by persons appointed 5\n\n14. On appointment Public Notaries to sign roll and receive certificate 6\n\n15. Powers and authorities of enrolled Public Notaries 6\n\n15A. Fees to be charged by Public Notaries 7\n\n16. Supreme Court (full bench) may suspend and strike off Public Notaries 7\n\n17. Judges may make rules 7\n\n18. Fees on appointment payable to Supreme Court 8\n\n19. Penalty on unauthorised persons practising as Public Notaries 8\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 9\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nPublic Notaries Act 1979\n\nAn Act to make provision in respect of Public Notaries, and for related purposes.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Public Notaries Act 1979*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThis Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by proclamation.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\nIn this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —\n\n  applicant means an applicant for appointment as a Public Notary;\n\n  commencement date means the date on which this Act comes into operation;\n\n  Chief Justice means the Chief Justice of Western Australia;\n\n  Court means the Supreme Court;\n\n  district  means a district prescribed by rules made under section 17;\n\n  District Public Notary means a person appointed as such under and subject to this Act;\n\n  enrolled in relation to a Public Notary means a Public Notary whose name appears on the Roll of Notaries;\n\n  established Public Notary means a person who was, immediately before the commencement date, an enrolled Public Notary;\n\n  General Public Notary means a person appointed as such under and subject to this Act;\n\n  Public Notary means a General Public Notary or a District Public Notary, as the case requires;\n\n  repealed Act means the Act repealed by section 4;\n\n  Roll of Notaries means the roll preserved and continued under section 5;\n\n  section means a section of this Act;\n\n  subsection means a subsection of the section wherein the term is used;\n\nSupreme Court (full bench) means the Supreme Court constituted by at least 3 judges.\n\n[Section 3 amended: No. 45 of 2004 s. 37; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 21 of 2008 s. 694(2); No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]\n\n##### 4. Repeal\n\nThe *Public Notaries Act 1902* is hereby repealed.\n\n##### 5. Confirmation of established Public Notaries, and preservation and continuation of the Roll of Notaries\n\n(1) Every established Public Notary is deemed to have been duly appointed and enrolled as a General Public Notary under and subject to this Act, and acts done within the State before the commencement date by an established Public Notary under the authority of the repealed Act shall have the same force as if they were done under the authority of this Act.\n\n(2) The roll referred to in section 10 of the repealed Act is preserved and shall be continued as the Roll of Notaries under and subject to this Act.\n\n##### 6. Appointment of Public Notaries\n\n(1) Except as provided by this Act a person shall not be appointed a Public Notary.\n\n(2) Appointments as Public Notaries may be made only by order of the Supreme Court (full bench).\n\n(3) Subject to this Act, a person may be appointed a General Public Notary or a District Public Notary.\n\n(4) Appointments as Public Notaries of practitioners of the Court practising in the Fremantle or Perth district shall be as General Public Notaries.\n\n[Section 6 amended: No. 45 of 2004 s. 37.]\n\n##### 7. Applications and qualifications\n\n(1) A person who seeks to be appointed a Public Notary shall apply in the prescribed manner to the Chief Justice and shall specify whether he seeks to be appointed a General Public Notary or a District Public Notary, and in the latter case shall specify the district for which he seeks to be appointed.\n\n(2) To be qualified to be appointed a Public Notary the applicant shall satisfy the Chief Justice that —\n\n(a) the applicant is a lawyer and is not under suspension from legal practice;\n\n(b) he is —\n\n(i) a practitioner of the Court of 3 years standing and practice; or\n\n(ii) a practitioner of the Court of less than 3 years standing and practice who has practised for 7 years as a Public Notary elsewhere;\n\n(c) he is of good character and reputation;\n\n(d) he is competent to act as a General Public Notary or a District Public Notary, as the case may be; and\n\n(e) there is a need for the appointment of a Public Notary in the district where the applicant is practising.\n\n[Section 7 amended: No. 65 of 2003 s. 57(2); No. 21 of 2008 s. 694(3); No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]\n\n##### 8. Certificate of Chief Justice\n\nOn being satisfied that an applicant is qualified to be a General Public Notary or a District Public Notary, as the case may be, the Chief Justice may grant to the applicant a certificate to that effect in the prescribed form and where he certifies that an applicant is qualified to be a District Public Notary, the Chief Justice shall specify in the certificate the district to which the certificate relates.\n\n##### 9. Intention to apply to Supreme Court (full bench) to be advertised\n\nOn grant of a certificate pursuant to section 8, the applicant shall, in the prescribed manner advertise his intention to apply to the Supreme Court (full bench), on a day not earlier than 4 weeks from the first advertisement, for appointment as a General Public Notary or a District Public Notary, as the case may be.\n\n[Section 9 amended: No. 45 of 2004 s. 37.]\n\n##### 10. Standing of Attorney General\n\n(1) The Attorney General may at the request of the Chief Justice report on any question in proceedings before the Chief Justice by way of an application under section 7.\n\n(2) The Attorney General may intervene in, and contest or argue any question in proceedings before the Chief Justice by way of an application under section 7 or proceedings before the Supreme Court (full bench) by way of an application under section 9 and shall be afforded full opportunity to do so.\n\n(3) Where the Attorney General intervenes in proceedings as mentioned in subsection (2), he shall be deemed to be a party to the proceedings with all the rights, duties, and liabilities of such a party.\n\n(4) In relation to the qualifications of applicants, the Attorney General may consult any body of Notaries established, or available, in the State for that purpose.\n\n[Section 10 amended: No. 45 of 2004 s. 37.]\n\n##### 11. Objection to appointment\n\nAny person desiring to object to the appointment of any applicant may be heard before the Supreme Court (full bench) by himself or counsel, with or without witnesses, to oppose such appointment, but written notice, stating the grounds of such objection, shall be lodged in the Court 7 days at least before the day on which the application for appointment is made.\n\n[Section 11 amended: No. 45 of 2004 s. 37.]\n\n##### 12. Orders of the Supreme Court (full bench) appointing Public Notaries\n\nSubject to this Act, an order of the Supreme Court (full bench) appointing a Public Notary shall specify whether the appointment is as a General Public Notary or a District Public Notary, and in the latter case shall specify the district for which the appointment is made.\n\n[Section 12 amended: No. 45 of 2004 s. 37.]\n\n##### 13. Oath to be taken by persons appointed\n\nBefore his name is entered on the Roll of Notaries every person appointed a Public Notary shall make oath before the master of the Court or a person prescribed for the purpose by rules made under section 17, to the effect following —\n\n“I, , do swear that I will not make or attest any act, contract, or instrument in which I shall know there is violence or fraud; and in all things I will act uprightly and justly in the business of a Public Notary, according to the best of my skill and ability: So help me, God.”\n\n[Section 13 amended: No. 24 of 2005 s. 63.]\n\n##### 14. On appointment Public Notaries to sign roll and receive certificate\n\n(1) The Roll of Notaries shall be kept by the registrar of the Court containing the names of General Public Notaries and District Public Notaries, and, in the latter case, the districts for which they are appointed.\n\n(2) Every person appointed a Public Notary shall, after making the oath as provided in section 13, be entitled to be enrolled.\n\n(3) The registrar, on the application of any enrolled person shall, from time to time, issue him a certificate in the prescribed form, which shall indicate whether the person is a General Public Notary or a District Public Notary and, in the latter case, shall specify the district for which he is appointed, and the registrar shall affix the seal of the Court to the certificate.\n\n(4) The Roll of Notaries shall, during office hours, be open to the inspection of any person without fee or reward, and a certificate under the hand of the registrar as to any matter appearing in or by the Roll of Notaries shall be conclusive evidence thereof.\n\n##### 15. Powers and authorities of enrolled Public Notaries\n\n(1) An enrolled General Public Notary may exercise all such powers and authorities throughout the State as may be lawfully exercised by Public Notaries in the United Kingdom or in Western Australia.\n\n(2) An enrolled District Public Notary may exercise all those powers and authorities in the district for which he is appointed.\n\n##### 15A. Fees to be charged by Public Notaries\n\nA Public Notary may charge a fee for providing notarial services but that fee shall not exceed the fee for those services fixed from time to time by legal costs determination made under the *Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022* section 133.\n\n[Section 15A inserted: No. 46 of 1997 s. 4; amended: No. 65 of 2003 s. 57(3); No. 21 of 2008 s. 694(4); No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]\n\n##### 16. Supreme Court (full bench) may suspend and strike off Public Notaries\n\n(1) The Supreme Court (full bench), on the application of any person, may, on such terms and conditions as may seem fit —\n\n(a) suspend any Public Notary from practice, and call in and detain his certificate; or\n\n(b) strike the name of any Public Notary off the roll, and cancel his certificate.\n\n(2) Where a practitioner of the Court, being a Public Notary, is suspended from practice or struck off the roll under *Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA)*, he shall, without further order, be suspended from practice as a Public Notary for a similar term, or be struck off the Roll of Notaries, as the case may be.\n\n[Section 16 amended: No. 65 of 2003 s. 57(4); No. 45 of 2004 s. 37; No. 21 of 2008 s. 694(5); No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]\n\n##### 17. Judges may make rules\n\nThe judges of the Court may from time to time make rules —\n\n(a) for ascertaining the qualification, character, and competency of persons applying to be appointed Public Notaries under this Act;\n\n(b) for regulating the investigation of charges of misconduct of Public Notaries in the practice of their profession, and for imposing conditions to be observed by applicants for re‑appointment;\n\n(c) prescribing the duties of Public Notaries; and\n\n(d) generally for carrying this Act into effect.\n\n[Section 17 amended: No. 46 of 1997 s. 5.]\n\n##### 18. Fees on appointment payable to Supreme Court\n\n(1) Public Notaries on appointment as such shall pay to the master of the Supreme Court such fees as are prescribed.\n\n(2) Fees paid under subsection (1) shall be used for the purposes of the Court library.\n\n##### 19. Penalty on unauthorised persons practising as Public Notaries\n\nA person shall not in any district do, execute, or perform any act, matter, or thing appertaining to the office, function, and practice of a Public Notary for or in expectation of any gain, fee, or reward or hold himself out as a Public Notary unless —\n\n(a) he is an enrolled General Public Notary; or\n\n(b) he is an enrolled District Public Notary for that district,\n\nand he is not under suspension from practice as such.\n\nPenalty: $500.\n\n![]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Public Notaries Act 1979* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Public Notaries Act 1979* | 70 of 1979 | 27 Nov 1979 | 1 Aug 1980 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 1 Aug 1980 p. 2537) |\n| *Public Notaries Amendment Act 1997* | 46 of 1997 | 10 Dec 1997 | s. 1 and 2: 10 Dec 1997;    Act other than s. 1 and 2: 8 Jan 2000 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 7 Jan 2000 p. 19) |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Public Notaries Act 1979* as at 5 Sep 2003** (includes amendments listed above) | | | |\n| *Acts Amendment and Repeal (Courts and Legal Practice) Act 2003* s. 57 | 65 of 2003 | 4 Dec 2003 | 1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 30 Dec 2003 p. 5722) |\n| *Acts Amendment (Court of Appeal) Act 2004* s. 37 | 45 of 2004 | 9 Nov 2004 | 1 Feb 2005 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 14 Jan 2005 p. 163) |\n| *Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004* s. 141 | 59 of 2004 | 23 Nov 2004 | 1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128) |\n| *Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations (Consequential Provisions) Act 2005* s. 63 | 24 of 2005 | 2 Dec 2005 | 1 Jan 2006 (see s. 2(1) and *Gazette* 23 Dec 2005 p. 6244) |\n| *Legal Profession Act 2008* s. 694 | 21 of 2008 | 27 May 2008 | 1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 27 Feb 2009 p. 511) |\n| **Reprint 2: The *Public Notaries Act 1979* as at 8 May 2009** (includes amendments listed above) | | | |\n| *Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022* s. 424 | 9 of 2022 | 14 Apr 2022 | 1 Jul 2022 (see s. 2(c) and SL 2022/113 cl. 2) |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\napplicant 3\n\nChief Justice 3\n\ncommencement date 3\n\nCourt 3\n\ndistrict 3\n\nDistrict Public Notary 3\n\nenrolled 3\n\nestablished Public Notary 3\n\nGeneral Public Notary 3\n\nPublic Notary 3\n\nrepealed Act 3\n\nRoll of Notaries 3\n\nsection 3\n\nsubsection 3\n\nSupreme Court (full bench) 3\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess whether the scope of this Act changed from its original intent, as no legislative text was available for analysis. The page hosting the Act returned an error indicating the URL has changed due to system upgrades."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — the source page returned a 'page unavailable' error","Only the Act title and a website error message were provided for analysis","No provisions, definitions, schedules, or operative clauses could be assessed","Complexity cannot be meaningfully rated without access to the actual content"],"plain_english_summary":"## Public Notaries Act 1979 (WA)\n\n**⚠️ Content Unavailable**\n\nThe actual text of this Western Australian legislation could not be retrieved. The page hosting the *Public Notaries Act 1979* is no longer accessible at its previous web address due to system and security upgrades on the Western Australian legislation website.\n\n**What we know from context:**\nBased on the title alone, this Act likely governs **public notaries** in Western Australia — professionals authorised to witness and authenticate legal documents (such as contracts, statutory declarations, and documents intended for use overseas). It would typically cover who can be appointed as a notary, how they are regulated, and what functions they can perform.\n\n**To access the actual legislation**, visit the [Western Australian Legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search for \"Public Notaries Act 1979\" directly."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: regulating the appointment, qualifications, and discipline of Public Notaries in Western Australia. While amendments have updated references to modern legal profession legislation (e.g., the Legal Profession Uniform Law) and adjusted procedural details, the core scope—establishing a two-tier notary system with Supreme Court oversight—has remained consistent since 1979."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward structure with 19 sections plus definitions","Only 13 defined terms in section 3, mostly intuitive (e.g., 'applicant', 'Chief Justice')","Minimal cross-referencing—primarily internal references to other sections of this Act","Clear conditional logic with simple 'if-then' structures (e.g., section 7 qualifications)","No nested exceptions or deeply layered subsections","Procedural requirements are linear and sequential (apply → advertise → court order → oath → enrollment)","Recent amendments (2022) updated terminology but didn't add structural complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This Western Australian law sets up the rules for who can become a Public Notary and how they operate. A Public Notary is a specially qualified lawyer who witnesses signatures, certifies documents, and performs other official acts that are recognised internationally.\n\n**Key things this law does:**\n\n- **Creates two types of notaries:** General Public Notaries can work anywhere in WA; District Public Notaries are limited to specific regions.\n- **Sets strict entry requirements:** Applicants must be qualified lawyers with at least 3 years' experience (or 7 years as a notary elsewhere), be of good character, and demonstrate there's actually a need for a notary in their area.\n- **Requires Supreme Court approval:** You can't just call yourself a notary. The Chief Justice must first certify you're qualified, then the full Supreme Court (at least 3 judges) must formally appoint you.\n- **Protects the public:** The Attorney-General can intervene in appointments, anyone can object to an applicant, and the Supreme Court can suspend or strike off notaries who misbehave.\n- **Prevents fraud:** Only enrolled notaries can charge fees for notarial work. Impersonating a notary carries a $500 penalty.\n\n**Why it matters:** Notarial acts (like authenticating documents for use overseas) require high trust. This law ensures only competent, vetted legal practitioners can perform these sensitive functions, with ongoing oversight by the Supreme Court."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act implements a focused regulatory scheme for Public Notaries and preserves those already in office under the earlier 1902 Act (s 5). Subsequent amendments have updated procedural cross-references and linked fee regulation to the modern Legal Profession Uniform Law framework (s 15A), and aligned disciplinary consequences with contemporary legal profession rules (s 16). Those are updates and alignments rather than a substantive expansion of the Act’s original purpose of regulating appointment, enrollment, powers and discipline of notaries."},"complexity_factors":["Short length (19 substantive sections)","About 15 defined terms in the interpretation section (s 3)","Centralised, discrete decision points (Chief Justice certification (s 8); Supreme Court full bench appointments and discipline (ss 6, 12, 16))","Delegation of procedural detail to judges' rules (s 17) introduces dependency on secondary instruments","Cross-references to external laws for fees and professional discipline (Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 s 133; Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA))","Simple conditional logic (General vs District Public Notary, automatic suspension on professional discipline) rather than nested exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does (mechanics)\n\n- Sets out who may be a Public Notary in Western Australia, how they are appointed, and what powers they have (ss 6, 7, 12, 15).\n- Preserves the list of existing notaries from the earlier law and treats them as if appointed under this Act (s 5).\n- Requires prospective notaries to apply to the Chief Justice, meet legal-practice and character qualifications, advertise their intention to seek appointment, and be appointed by order of the Supreme Court sitting as a full bench (ss 7–9, 12).\n- Gives the Attorney General a formal role to report on or intervene in qualification proceedings (s 10) and allows third parties to object to an appointment (s 11).\n- Requires an oath before enrollment, keeps a public Roll of Notaries, and issues certificates of appointment through the Court registry (ss 13, 14).\n- Distinguishes General Public Notaries (state‑wide powers) from District Public Notaries (powers limited to a specified district) (s 15).\n- Authorises notaries to charge fees for notarial services but caps those fees at the level fixed by legal costs determinations under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 (s 15A).\n- Allows the Supreme Court (full bench) to suspend or remove notaries, and provides for automatic suspension/removal if the practitioner is suspended/struck off under the state legal profession law (s 16).\n- Gives the Court judges rule‑making power for qualifications, disciplinary processes, duties of notaries, and other procedural matters (s 17).\n- Prohibits unauthorised persons from practising as notaries and prescribes a monetary penalty (s 19).\n\n\nWho is affected\n\n- Lawyers (practitioners of the Supreme Court) who wish to act as Public Notaries: they must meet the Act’s qualifications, follow the application and advertising steps, take the oath, and be enrolled to provide notarial services (ss 7–14).\n- Existing notaries at the time the Act commenced: they were transitioned into the new scheme automatically (s 5).\n- Consumers and businesses that use notarial services: they will generally deal only with enrolled notaries and face a statutory cap on fees (ss 15, 15A, 19).\n- The Supreme Court, the Chief Justice, the Attorney General, and the Court registry: these public actors administer appointments, oversight, discipline, and the Roll (ss 6–12, 14–17).\n\n\nWhy it matters (stated purpose and practical effects)\n\n- The Act creates a formal, Court‑supervised gatekeeping and oversight system for notaries. The stated objective is to ensure notaries are legally qualified, of good character, competent, and appointed where there is a demonstrable need (s 7). Mechanically, that is achieved by: Chief Justice certification (s 8); public advertising and a hearing before the Supreme Court (full bench) (ss 9, 12); a right for the Attorney General to intervene (s 10); and a public Roll and certificate system (s 14).\n\n- Costs, incentives and trade‑offs: appointing and practising as a Public Notary involves compliance costs for applicants (application, advertising, oath, registry fees) and ongoing limits on fees charged to clients (s 15A). Appointment and discipline are subject to judicial discretion (Chief Justice and Supreme Court full bench), which centralises decision‑making power and creates procedural safeguards (advertising, objections, AG involvement) at the expense of a slower, more formal appointment process.\n\n- Implementation and compliance risks: the Act leaves key determinations to the Chief Justice and the Court (qualification, need for appointment, and discipline) and to rules made by judges (s 17). That creates predictable legal oversight but also dependence on Court practice and rule‑making for detailed procedures and definitions (s 17).\n\n- Effects on private choice and markets: the Act restricts who may lawfully provide notarial services (ss 6, 19). That concentrates the economic benefit of providing notarial services on enrolled notaries, who are subject to a statutory maximum fee tied to legal costs determinations (s 15A). The fee cap reduces variability in pricing but also limits the income potential of notaries relative to an unregulated pricing regime.\n\n\nConcrete mechanics (who pays, who decides, what changes behaviour)\n\n- Who decides: the Chief Justice certifies applicants (s 8); the Supreme Court (full bench) makes appointments, hears objections and orders suspensions/strikes (ss 6, 11, 12, 16); judges make rules for procedure and discipline (s 17); the Attorney General may intervene in proceedings on qualification (s 10); the registrar keeps the Roll and issues certificates (s 14).\n- Who pays: applicants pay prescribed fees on appointment to the Court (used for the Court library) (s 18); users of notarial services pay the notary’s fee subject to the statutory cap (s 15A); an unauthorised person practising as a notary faces a penalty ($500) (s 19).\n- Behavioural effects: lawyers must follow the prescribed application, advertising and enrollment steps before offering notarial services; members of the public can inspect the Roll to verify a notary’s authority (s 14); potential objectors and the Attorney General can influence appointments (ss 10, 11).\n\n\nNotable implementation levers and risks\n\n- Significant discretion sits with judicial officers (Chief Justice and full bench) and with judicially‑made rules; the Act delegates the details of qualification assessment and disciplinary procedure to those actors (ss 8, 12, 16, 17).\n- Fees are not set in this Act but are linked to external legal costs determinations under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022, so fee levels depend on decisions made under that separate regime (s 15A).\n- The public advertising and objection windows create transparency and a procedural check on appointments, but they add time and administrative steps for applicants (s 9, 11).\n\n\nBottom line\n\nThis Act creates a Court‑centred statutory system for appointing, regulating and disciplining Public Notaries in Western Australia, preserves existing practitioners, restricts the right to offer notarial services to enrolled notaries, and ties fees to the state legal costs framework. It emphasises judicial oversight and procedural safeguards (advertising, objections, AG participation) while imposing compliance steps and a statutory fee cap on practitioners (ss 5–19)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/public-notaries-act-1979","history":"/api/acts/public-notaries-act-1979/history","analysis":"/api/acts/public-notaries-act-1979/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/public-notaries-act-1979/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/public-notaries-act-1979/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/public-notaries-act-1979/documents"}}