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30Swearing of affidavits
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30 Swearing of affidavits
(1) Subject to subrule (2) , an affidavit will be sufficient under the Act and these Rules of Court if it is sworn before –
(a) a person specified in rule 511 or 512 of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 ; or
(b) an Australian legal practitioner acting for the person on whose behalf the affidavit is to be used; or
(c) an employee or an agent, who is also a person specified in paragraph (a) , of the law practice of a person specified in paragraph (b) .
(2) An affidavit is not sufficient under the Act and these Rules of Court if it is sworn before a person who is an executor of the estate to which the affidavit relates.