Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1984 No. 425 FAMILY LAW RULES - ORDER 15 RULE 13

13. (1) An affidavit may be sworn at a place in Australia before a person
having authority under an Act or a law in force in that place to administer an
oath at that place or before a person entitled to practise in a federal court
under section 55A or 55B of the Judiciary Act 1903.

(2) An affidavit may be sworn at a place outside Australia before an
Australian Consular Officer or an Australian Diplomatic Officer within the
meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955, a Judge, magistrate, justice of the
peace of or for that place, a notary public, or a person before whom an oath
may be administered under a law in force in that place.

(3) The title of the person before whom an affidavit is sworn and the date on
which and place at which the affidavit is sworn shall be stated in the jurat
of the affidavit.

(4) Where an affidavit purports to have been sworn at a place before a person
referred to in sub-rule (1) or (2), the affidavit shall be presumed, for the
purposes of these Rules, unless the contrary is proved, to have been sworn
before such a person.