South Australian statutory declaration: form and authorised witnesses

South Australia significantly expanded who may witness a statutory declaration after COVID-19, and the categories were then settled in the Oaths Regulations 2021. The Attorney-General's Department also publishes a Code of Practice for statutory declarations that sets out how witnessing should be done.

One point of care: SA made further changes in August 2024, but those added categories of authorised affidavit witnesses. That is a different document from a statutory declaration, so do not assume a change you have read about applies to both.

Checked 14 August 2026. We re-check this page every six months, and sooner if a witness list changes.

The official form

We link the form rather than hosting a copy. Forms get amended, and an old one can be refused after you have filled it in and had it witnessed. Take the current version from the government page.

SA authorised witness list at agd.sa.gov.au

Who can witness a South Australian statutory declaration

The list under the Oaths Act 1936 includes:

• a Commissioner for taking affidavits in the Supreme Court
• a Justice of the Peace
• a person registered as a conveyancer under the Conveyancers Act 1994
• a police officer, other than a probationary constable
• a person admitted and enrolled as a notary public of the Supreme Court
• an agent of Australia Post in charge of an office supplying postal services to the public
• an Australian Consular Officer or Australian Diplomatic Officer
• a bailiff, a clerk of a court, a chief executive officer of a Commonwealth court
• a bank, building society or credit union officer with five or more years of continuous service
• a fellow of the National Tax and Accountants' Association
• a registered health practitioner, registered in the relevant health profession under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law

That last category is the one that makes SA broad in practice. Pharmacy is a registered health profession under the national law, so a pharmacist falls within it. The full current list, and the Codes of Practice, are on the SA page linked below.

Where this comes from

Every rule on this page comes from the official source below. We link them rather than copy them, because a form or a witness list that is out of date is worse than no form at all. Check the source if anything here matters to your document.

• South Australian Attorney-General's Department, authorised witnesses, the SA statutory declaration witness list, the Oaths Regulations 2021 and both Codes of Practice.
• Who can witness a Commonwealth statutory declaration, the Commonwealth list, for comparison.