Taking Declarations

Chapter seven covers taking statutory declarations under the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957. It is worth learning the required wording of a statutory declaration off by heart, as well as the declaration question you will ask declarants – on page 40 of the manual, point 5.

Many other statutes (Acts) allow for a government department chief executive (or equivalent) to authorise wording on forms. In this case the wording of a declaration on a form might be different from that prescribed by the Oaths and Declarations Act. It is still a ‘statutory’ declaration but you do not necessarily take the declaration in the way prescribed for a declaration under the Oaths and Declarations Act. However it is always important that the person declares or acknowledges aloud that the declaration is theirs and that it is true.

	Activity 14: Wording of a declaration
	Activity 15: Joint and single declarations
	Activity 16: Taking a declaration
	Activity 17: Tricky declarations