Queensland Consolidated Acts

OATHS ACT 1867 - SECT 31S

31S Witness must be special witness or another prescribed person

(1) A document may be witnessed by audio visual link only if the witness is a special witness for the document or another person prescribed by regulation for this subsection.

(2) However, a regulation made under subsection (1) 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.

(3) 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.