Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 975F

975F Minimum period for retention of original physical version—Oaths Act 1867, s 31Y

(1) This rule applies in relation to an affidavit or a statutory declaration that—

(a) is a document to which the Oaths Act 1867 , section 31Y applies; and

(b) is made using an original physical version.

(2) For the Oaths Act 1867 , section 31Y (3) , the minimum period for which the original physical version is to be kept is 7 years from the day the affidavit or statutory declaration is filed or admitted into evidence in a proceeding.

(3) In this rule—

"original physical version" , of an affidavit or a statutory declaration, has the meaning given by the Oaths Act 1867 , section 31B .