Literature and Documents

‘Certified copy’ means a document that has been certified as a true copy of an original document by an authorised person. To produce a certified copy, you should make a photocopy of the original document and take both the original, and the copy to an authorised person. The following is a list of persons authorised to certify a copy. An authorised person must be either an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia.

1. A person who is enrolled on the roll of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory, or the High Court of Australia, as a legal practitioner (however described);
2. A Judge of a Court;
3. A Magistrate;
4. A Chief Executive Officer of a Commonwealth Court;
5. A Registrar or Deputy Registrar of a Court;
6. A Justice of the Peace;
7. A Notary Public (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993 [Cth]);
8. A Police Officer;
9. An Australian Consular Officer or an Australian Diplomatic Officer (within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955 [Cth]);
10. An officer with 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more financial institutions (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993 [Cth]);
11. A finance company officer with 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more finance companies (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993 [Cth]);
12. An officer with, or authorised representative of a holder of an Australian financial services licence, having had 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more licensees;
13. A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, CPA Australia or the National Institute of Accountants with 2 or more years of continuous membership.