List of Acceptable Certifiers

List of acceptable certifiers

For persons residing in Australia

• Justice of the Peace
• Police officer
• Marriage celebrant registered under Subdivision C of Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961
• Minister of religion registered under Subdivision A of Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961
• Teacher employed on a full-time basis at a school or tertiary education institution
• Agent of the Australian Postal Corporation who is in charge of an office supplying postal services to the public
• Permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with 2 or more years of continuous service who is employed in an office supplying postal services to the public
• Chief executive officer of a Commonwealth court
• Judge of a court, magistrate, registrar, bailiff, clerk of a court, master of a court
• Legal practitioner, commissioner for affidavits, commissioner for declarations, patent attorney, trademarks attorney
• Notary public
• Sheriff and sheriff’s officer
• Person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the law of the State or Territory in which the declaration is made
• Medical practitioner, chiropractor, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapist, psychologist, veterinary surgeon
• Officer of an Australian bank or other Australian financial institution where the officer has 2 or more years service with an Australian financial institution
• Finance company officer with 2 or more years of continuous service
• Member of the Australian Defence Force who is:
  
  • an officer; or
  • a non-commissioned officer within the meaning of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 with 2 or more years of continuous service; or
  • a warrant officer within the meaning of that Act
• Member of:
  
  • the Parliament of the Commonwealth; or
  • the Parliament of a State; or
  • a Territory legislature; or
  • a local government authority of a State or Territory
• Permanent employee of:
  
  • the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or
  • a State or Territory or a State or Territory authority; or
  • a local government authority with 2 or more years of continuous service who is not specified elsewhere in this list
• Senior Executive Service employee of:
  
  • the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or
  • a State or Territory or a State or Territory authority
• Member of:
  
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
  • Institute of Public Accountants
  • Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants
• Member of:
  
  • Association of Taxation and Management Accountants
  • Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
  • Chartered Secretaries Australia
  • Engineers Australia, other than at the grade of student
• Fellow of National Tax Accountants’ Association

For persons based overseas

• Australian consular officer or an Australian diplomatic officer (within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955)
• Employee of the Australian Trade Commission who is:
  
  • in a country or place outside Australia
  • authorised under paragraph 3(d) of the Consular Fees Act 1955; and
  • exercising his or her function in that place
• Employee of the Commonwealth who is:
  
  • in a country or place outside Australia; and
  • authorised under paragraph 3(c) of the Consular Fees Act 1955; and
  • exercising his or her function in that place
• A person authorised as a notary public in a foreign country
• Officer of an Australian bank or other Australian financial institution, with offices offshore, where the officer has 2 or more years’ service with an Australian financial institution