Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIf a foreign public document is not subject to a requirement of legalisation, an Australian court, or a person performing a function or exercising a power under an Australian law, must not require a certificate issued under the Convention to be placed on or annexed to the foreign public document in order to certify:
(a) the authenticity of the signature on the foreign public document; and
(b) the capacity in which the person signing the foreign public document has acted; and
(c) where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp that
the foreign public document bears.