Notaries Public Regulations 2017 (SA)

South Australia Notaries Public Regulations 2017 under the Notaries Public Act 2016

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation 4 Prescribed body 5 Prescribed oath 6 Roll of notaries public (certificate) Legislative history

1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Notaries Public Regulations 2017. 2—Commencement These regulations will come into operation on the day on which the Notaries Public Act 2016 comes into operation. 3—Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Act means the Notaries Public Act 2016. 4—Prescribed body For the purposes of section 4(3) of the Act, the Notaries' Society of South Australia Incorporated is prescribed. 5—Prescribed oath For the purposes of section 5(3) of the Act, the oath to be taken by a person admitted as a notary public under the Act must be in the following form: "I, ...................................., do swear that I will not make or attest any act, contract or instrument in which I know there is violence or fraud; and in all things I will act uprightly and justly in the business of a notary public according to the best of my skill and ability. So help me God." 6—Roll of notaries public (certificate) For the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act, the prescribed form for a certificate granted by the Registrar is as follows: I, ...................................., the Registrar of the Supreme Court of South Australia, certify that .................................... of .................................... (residence or place of business and profession or occupation), has been sworn to act uprightly and justly in the business of a notary public according to the best of his/her skill and ability, and that he/she has been authorised and admitted to act as a notary public within South Australia, and that his/her name was entered on the roll of notaries public on ...................................., and remains on the roll.