Professions and employment groups for Commissioners for Declarations

Commissioner for Declarations (CDs) serve the public by signing documents that require a qualified witness.

Below is a list of professionals and appointment holders who are CDs

Professionals

  • Architect
  • Chiropractor
  • Dentist
  • Financial advisor or financial planner
  • Legal practitioner
  • Medical practitioner
  • Midwife
  • Migration agent registered under Division 3 of Part 3 of the Migration Act 1958
  • Nurse
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Optometrist
  • Patent attorney
  • Pharmacist
  • Physiotherapist
  • Psychologist
  • Trade marks attorney
  • Veterinary surgeon

Appointment Holders

  • Accountant who is:
    • (a)  a fellow of the National Tax Accountants' Association; or
    • (b) a member of any of the following:
      • (i) Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand;
      • (ii) the Association of Taxation and Management Accountants;
      • (iii) CPA Australia;
      • (iv) the Institute of Public Accountants
  • Agent of the Australian Postal Corporation who is in charge of an office supplying postal services to the public
  • Australian Consular Officer or Australian Diplomatic Officer (within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955)
  • Australian Public Service employee engaged on an ongoing basis with 5 or more years of continuous service who is not specified elsewhere
  • Bailiff
  • Bank officer with 5 or more continuous years of service
  • Building society officer with 5 or more years of continuous service
  • Chief executive officer of a Commonwealth court
  • Clerk of a court
  • Commissioner for Affidavits
  • Commissioner for Declarations
  • Credit union officer with 5 or more years of continuous service
  • Employee of a Commonwealth authority engaged on a permanent basis with 5 or more years of continuous service who is not specified elsewhere
  • Employee of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission who is:
    • a) at a place outside Australia; and
    • b) authorised under paragraph 3(c) of the Consular Fees Act 1955; and
    • c) exercising his or her function in that place
  • Employee of the Commonwealth who is:
    • a) at a place outside Australia; and
    • b) authorised under paragraph 3(c) of the Consular Fees Act 1955; and
    • c) exercising his or her function in that place
  • Employees of the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management employed as:
    • a) Customer Service Officers;
    • b) Police Public Enquiries Officers; and
    • c) Property Officers.
  • Engineer who is:
    • (a) a member of Engineers Australia, other than at the grade of student; or
    • (b) a Registered Professional Engineer of Professionals Australia; or
    • (c) registered as an engineer under a law of the Commonwealth, State or Territory; or
    • (d) registered on the National Engineering Register by Engineers Australia
  • Finance company officer with 5 or more years of continuous service
  • Holder of a statutory office not specified elsewhere
  • Judge
  • Justice of the Peace
  • Magistrate
  • Managers/Coordinators (however described) of the community organisations collectively known as Neighbourhood Houses.
  • Marriage celebrant registered under Subdivision C of division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961
  • Master of a court
  • Member of the Australian Defence Force who is:
    • (a) an officer; or
    • (b) a non-commissioned officer within the meaning of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 with more than 5 years of continuous service; or
    • (c) a warrant officer within the meaning of that Act
  • Member of the Australasian Institute on Mining and Metallurgy
  • Member of the Governance Institute of Australia Ltd
  • Member of
    • a) the Parliament of the Commonwealth; or
    • b) the Parliament of a State; or
    • c) a Territory legislature; or
    • d) a local government authority of a State or Territory
  • Minister of Religion registered under Subdivision A of Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961
  • Notary public, including a notary public (however described) exercising functions at a place outside:
    • (a) the Commonwealth; and
    • (b) the external Territories of the Commonwealth
  • Permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with 5 or more years continuous service who is employed in an office supplying postal services to the public
  • Permanent employee of:
    • (a) a State or Territory or State or Territory Authority; or
    • (b) a local government authority

      with 5 or more years continuous service who is not specified elsewhere

  • Person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the laws of the State or Territory in which the declaration is made
  • Police officer
  • Registrar or Deputy Registrar of a court
  • Senior executive employee of a Commonwealth authority
  • Senior executive employee of a State or Territory
  • SES employee of the Commonwealth
  • Sheriff
  • Sherriff's officer
  • Teacher employed on a permanent full-time basis at a school or tertiary education institution

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Last updated: 8 January 2024