Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OATHS, AFFIDAVITS AND STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 2005 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005	23 of 2005	2 Dec 2005	s. 1 and 2: 2 Dec 2005; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Jan 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 23 Dec 2005 p. 6244)
Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations (Act Amendment) Regulations 2006 r. 3 published in Gazette 9 Jun 2006 p. 2030			9 Jun 2006
Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations (Act Amendment) Regulations 2007 r. 4 published in Gazette 21 Dec 2007 p. 6328			22 Dec 2007 (see r. 2(b))
Acts Amendment (Justice) Act 2008 Pt. 17	5 of 2008	31 Mar 2008	30 Sep 2008 (see s. 2(d) and Gazette 11 Jul 2008 p. 3253)
Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 684	21 of 2008	27 May 2008	1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 511)
Medical Practitioners Act 2008 s. 162	22 of 2008	27 May 2008	1 Dec 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Nov 2008 p. 4989)
Reprint 1: The Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005 as at 9 Jan 2009 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Legal Profession Act 2008)
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 Pt. 5 Div. 38	35 of 2010	30 Aug 2010	18 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 1 Oct 2010 p. 5075-6)
Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations (Act Amendment) Regulations 2011 r. 4 published in Gazette 9 Dec 2011 p. 5235			10 Dec 2011 (see r. 2(b))

² Repealed by the Chiropractors Act 2005 s. 106.

³ Repealed by the Nurses and Midwives Act 2006 s. 111.

⁴ Repealed by the Optometrists Act 2005 s. 106.

⁵ Repealed by the Physiotherapists Act 2005 s. 106.

⁶ Repealed by the Podiatrists Act 2005 s. 106.

⁷ Repealed by the Psychologists Act 2005 s. 105.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
chief judicial officer 10(1)
court staff 10(1)
experienced legal practitioner 8
prescribed consular official 3