12Commissioners for declarations

12 Commissioners for declarations

(1)  The Minister may appoint persons to be commissioners for declarations.

(2)  A person is a commissioner for declarations if the person is –

(a) [Section 12 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 2022, Sched. 1, Applied:18 Mar 2022] a prescribed person under regulation 7 of the Statutory Declarations Regulations 2018 of the Commonwealth; or

(b) [Section 12 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 2022, Sched. 1, Applied:18 Mar 2022] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(c) a member of a group of persons declared by the Minister to be an occupational group for the purposes of this section.

(3)  The Minister is to publish in the Gazette notice of any –

(a) appointment under subsection (1) ; and

(b) declaration under subsection (2)(c) ; and

(c) revocation of the appointment or declaration.