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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registrar-General and registry - Functions, duties, and powers - Other powers

135: Registrars authorised to take statutory declarations

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You can make a statutory declaration to a Registrar for the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021, the Marriage Act 1955, or the Civil Union Act 2004. The Registrar is allowed to take and receive your statutory declaration under section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957. This includes the Registrar-General and every Deputy Registrar-General.

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Functions, duties, and powers: Other powers

135Registrars authorised to take statutory declarations

  1. Every Registrar must, in respect of any statutory declaration made for the purposes of this Act, the Marriage Act 1955, or the Civil Union Act 2004, be treated as authorised to take and receive a statutory declaration under section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957.

  2. For the purposes of this section, a Registrar includes the Registrar-General and every Deputy Registrar-General.

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