Queensland Consolidated Acts

OATHS ACT 1867 - SECT 31Q

31Q Substitute signatory signing in physical presence of witness requires special witness or another prescribed person

(1) This section applies in relation to a substitute signatory directed by audio visual link to sign a document for a signatory if the substitute signatory is to sign the document in the physical presence of a witness.

Note—

See section 31S in relation to the signing of a document to be witnessed by audio visual link.

(2) The signing of the document by the substitute signatory must be witnessed by a special witness for the document or another person prescribed by regulation for this subsection.

(3) However, a regulation made under subsection (2) may provide that a person prescribed for that subsection—

(a) may witness a document only of a prescribed type and subject to any prescribed conditions; or

(b) may not witness a document of a prescribed type.

(4) This section does not—

(a) affect any requirement under an Act or other law about the number of witnesses required or permitted to witness a document; or

(b) authorise or permit a person who is excluded from witnessing a document under an Act or other law to witness the document.