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You need a Certified Copy?

How to have a document certified

Make a copy of the original document and take the original and the copy to one of the people listed below.

The person must make teh following written statement ON EVERY PAGE.

I have sighted the original document and certify this to be a true copy of the original.

 They must then sign each statement and provide their designation, e.g. Pharmacist

 Persons Authorised to witness Statutory Declarations under the Evidence Act 1958 - Section 107A

a justice of the peace or bail justice
a public notary
a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court
the prothonatary or deputy prothonotary of the Supreme Court
the registrar of a deputy registrar of the County Court
the principal registrar of the Magistrates' Court or a *registrar of deputy registrar of the Magistrates Court
the registrar of probates or an assistant registrar of probates
the associate to a judge of the Supreme Court or of the County Court
the secretary of a master of the Supreme Court or of the County Court
a registered patent attorney
a member of the police force
the sheriff or a deputy sheriff
a member or former member of either House of the Parliament of Victoria
a member or former member of either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth
a councillor of a municipality
a senior officer of a Council
a registered medical practitioner
a registered dentist
a veterinary practitioner
a pharmacist
a principal in the Victorian government teaching service
the manager of a bank
a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or the Australian Society of Acccountants or the National Institute of Accountants
the secretary of a building society
a minister of religion
a Victorian public servant with the orthorisation to sign statutory declarations
a fellow of the Institute of Legal Secretaries (Victoria)

Applicants who complete this form while interstate or overseas must have their documents certified by a person authorised to do so in that State, Territory or country.