7Matters to be certified on statutory declaration or affidavit

7 Matters to be certified on statutory declaration or affidavit

7 Matters to be certified on statutory declaration or affidavit

(1) For the Act, section 34(1)(c), an authorised witness certifies the Act, section 34 has been complied with by certifying the following matters in a certificate on the declaration or affidavit—

(a) that the authorised witness—

(i) saw the face of the person making the declaration or affidavit, or

(ii) did not see the face of the person because of a face covering, but is satisfied the person had a special justification for not removing the covering,

(b) that the authorised witness—

(i) knows the person, or

(ii) has, in compliance with section 5, confirmed the person’s identity based on an identification document presented to the authorised witness,

(c) if the authorised witness has relied on an identification document to confirm the identity of the person—that the document on which the authorised witness relied is the document specified by the authorised witness in the certificate.

(2) A certificate may, but need not, be in the form set out in Schedule 1.