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Oaths Act 2001
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### 12 Commissioners for declarations
> > (1) The Minister may appoint persons to be commissioners for declarations.
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> > (2) A person is a commissioner for declarations if the person is –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Section 12 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 2022, Sched. 1, Applied:18 Mar 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-03-18/act-2022-002#JS1@Ja19@GC1@EN) a prescribed person under regulation 7 of the *Statutory Declarations Regulations 2018* of the Commonwealth; or
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 12 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 2022, Sched. 1, Applied:18 Mar 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-03-18/act-2022-002#JS1@Ja19@GC1@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > > > (c) a member of a group of persons declared by the Minister to be an occupational group for the purposes of this section.
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> > (3) The Minister is to publish in the *Gazette* notice of any –
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> > > > (a) appointment under [subsection (1)](#GS12@Gs1@EN) ; and
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> > > > (b) declaration under [subsection (2)(c)](#GS12@Gs2@Hpc@EN) ; and
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> > > > (c) revocation of the appointment or declaration.