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Appendix F – Schedule 4 & 5 from the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 200

Schedule 4 – Persons who can attest claims for enrolment (regulations 11, 12, 13)

Item

Persons

 

 

 

401

Accountant who is a registered tax agent

402

Bank officer, except the manager of a bank travel centre

403

Building society officer

404

Chartered professional engineer

405

Clerk, sheriff or bailiff of a court

406

Commissioner for Affidavits of a State or Territory

407

Commissioner for Declarations of a State or Territory

408

Commissioner for Oaths of a State or Territory

409

Credit union officer

410

Diplomatic or consular officer, except an honorary consular officer, of an Australian embassy, high commission, or consulate

411

Employee of a community, ethnic or remote centre who counsels or assists clients as part of the employee’s duties

412

Employee of a women’s refuge, or of a crisis and counselling service, who counsels or assists victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or sexual abuse as part of the employee’s duties

413

Fellow of the Association of Taxation and Management Accountants

414

Finance company officer

415

Full-time or permanent part-time employee of the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory, or a Commonwealth State or Territory authority

416

Full-time or permanent part-time teacher currently employed at a school or tertiary institution

417

Holder of a current liquor licence or his or her nominee

418

Holder of a current pilot’s licence

419

Holder of a statutory office for which an annual salary is payable

420

Leader of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community

421

Licensed or registered real estate agent

422

Manager of a building society or credit union

423

Marriage celebrant within the meaning of the Marriage Act 1961

424

Marriage counsellor within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975

425

Master of a merchant vessel

426

Member of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Council or Regional Council

427

Member of the Association of Consulting Engineers

428

Member of the Defence Force

429

Member of the ground staff of an airline that operates a regular passenger service

430

Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of Australia

431

Member of the non-teaching or non-academic staff of a primary or secondary school or tertiary education institution

432

Member of the staff of a person who is a member of:

  1. the parliament of the Commonwealth or a State; or
  2. the legislature of a Territory; or
  3. a local government authority of a State or Territory

433

Member of the staff of a State or Territory electoral authority

434

Member of the staff of the Australian Electoral Commission

435

Minister of religion within the meaning of the Marriage Act 1961

436

Person employed as a remote resource centre visitor

437

Police aide

438

Postal manager or other permanent Australia Post employee

439

Prison officer

440

Registered nurse or enrolled nurse

441

A person who is not described in a preceding item in this Schedule who is authorised in writing by at least 3 persons described in items in the Schedule

442

A person who is not described in a preceding item in this Schedule before whom statutory declarations may be made under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory

Schedule 5 Original documents (regulation 12)

Item

Original documents

 

 

501

Australian birth certificate, or an extract of an Australian birth certificate, that is at least 5 years old

502

Australian Defence Force discharge document

503

Australian marriage certificate

504

Certificate of Australian citizenship

505

Current Australian driver’s licence or learner driver’s licence

506

Current Australian passport

507

Current Australian photographic student identification card

508

Current concession card issued by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs

509

Current identity card showing the signature and photograph of the card holder, issued by his or her employer

510

Current pension concession card issued by the Department of Family and Community Services

511

Current proof of age card issued by a State or Territory authority

512

Decree nisi or a certificate of a decree absolute made or granted by the Family Court of Australia

513

Document of appointment as an Australian Justice of the Peace

514

A document that is not mentioned in a preceding item in this Schedule that is accepted by the Electoral Commission as evidence of the identity of a person


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