Statutory Declarations Regulations 2023 (Cth)

Statutory Declarations Regulations 2023

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 07 December 2023

David Hurley Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Mark Dreyfus KC Attorney‑General

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Schedules 5 Definitions Part 2—Matters prescribed for purposes of Act 6 Persons before whom a statutory declaration may be made 7 Documents that may be used to verify a person's identity 8 Information to be included in statutory declarations 9 Approved online platform 10 Approved identity service 11 Information to be included in annual report 12 Matters that Minister must take into account before regulations relating to digital verification are made 13 Matters that Minister must be satisfied of before digital services are prescribed Part 3—Transitional arrangements Division 1—Transition from the Statutory Declarations Regulations 2018 14 Transition from the Statutory Declarations Regulations 2018 Schedule 1—Persons before whom a statutory declaration may be made Part 1—Occupations 1 Listing of occupations Part 2—Other persons 2 Listing of persons Schedule 2—Repeals Statutory Declarations Regulations 2018

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Statutory Declarations Regulations 2023.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument At the same time as the Statutory Declarations Amendment Act 2023 commences. 1 January 2024