Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Except as provided
in subregulation (2), an affidavit lodged in proceedings before the
warden shall be confined to facts to which the person making the affidavit is
able to depose from his or her own knowledge.
(2) An affidavit may
contain statements based on information received by the person making the
affidavit, and believed by that person to be true, if the affidavit also
contains —
(a) the
sources of the information; and
(b) the
grounds for believing that the information is true.
(3) Any addition,
alteration or erasure in an affidavit shall be initialled by the person making
the affidavit and the person before whom the affidavit was sworn or affirmed.
[Regulation 159 inserted in Gazette
9 Mar 2007 p. 895‑6.]