Australian Capital Territory
Oaths and Affirmations Act 1984    
A1984-79
Republication No 8
Effective:  1 March 2012 – 20 April 2015
Republication date: 1 March 2012
Last amendment made by A2011‑48

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Oaths and Affirmations Act 1984 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 1 March 2012.  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 1 March 2012.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $110 for an individual and $550 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Australian Capital Territory
Oaths and Affirmations Act 1984

Contents
	Page
Part 1	Preliminary
	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Dictionary	2
	3	Notes	2
	5	Certain provisions subject to court rules	2
Part 2	Form of oaths and affirmations
	6	Oath or affirmation of office	3
	6A	Oaths or affirmations by members of Assembly	3
	7	Oath or affirmation by witness	3
	8	Oath or affirmation by interpreter of spoken language	4
	9	Oath or affirmation by interpreter of signs	4
	10	Oath or affirmation by deponent to affidavit	4
Part 3	Administration of oath or affidavit
	10A	Authority to administer oath or affirmation to member of Assembly	5
	11	Authority to administer oath etc	5
	12	Swearing or affirming of affidavit	6
	13	Affidavit by affirmation	6
Part 4	Affirmations
	14	Entitlement to make affirmation	7
	15	Requirement to make affirmation	7
	16	Effect of affirmation	7
Part 5	Manner of taking oaths and making affirmations
	17	Oath or affirmation by spoken words or other means	8
	18	Written evidence of oath or affirmation of office	8
	19	Affidavit by person unable to understand English	9
	20	Affidavit by illiterate or blind person	9
Part 6	Miscellaneous
	21	Alternative form and manner for oath	10
	22	Validity of oath or affirmation	10
	23	Effect of noncompliance	10
	24	Oath or affirmation for purposes of foreign tribunal	10
	25	Oath or affirmation without authority	11
	26	Oath etc for purposes of foreign law	11
	27	Fee	12
Schedule 1	Oath and affirmation of office	13
Schedule 1A	Oaths and affirmations by member of Legislative Assembly	14
Part 1A.1		14
Part 1A.2		15
Schedule 2	Oath and affirmation by witness	16
Schedule 3	Oath and affirmation by interpreter of spoken language	17
Schedule 4	Oath and affirmation by interpreter of statements made by means of signs	18
Schedule 5	Oath and affirmation by deponent to affidavit	19
Dictionary		20
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	21
	2	Abbreviation key	21
	3	Legislation history	22
	4	Amendment history	25
	5	Earlier republications	27

Australian Capital Territory
Oaths and Affirmations Act 1984

An Act relating to oaths and affirmations

    

Part 1	Preliminary
1	Name of Act
This Act is the Oaths and Affirmations Act 1984.
2	Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this Act is part of this Act.
Note 1	The dictionary at the end of this Act defines certain terms used in this Act.
Note 2	A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire Act unless the definition, or another provision of the Act, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
3	Notes
A note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.
Note	See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5	Certain provisions subject to court rules
The following provisions of this Act are subject to rules made, and forms approved, under the Court Procedures Act 2004:
·	section 7 (Oath or affirmation by witness)
·	section 8 (Oath or affirmation by interpreter of spoken language)
·	section 9 (Oath or affirmation by interpreter of signs)
·	section 10 (Oath or affirmation by deponent to affidavit)
·	section 11 (Authority to administer oath etc)
·	section 12 (Swearing or affirming of affidavit)
·	section 13 (Affidavit by affirmation)
·	part 5 (Manner of taking oaths and making affirmations).

Part 2	Form of oaths and affirmations
6	Oath or affirmation of office
	(1)	An oath of office to be taken by a person under a law in force in the ACT shall, where the form of oath is not prescribed by or under that law, be in accordance with the form of oath specified in schedule 1.
	(2)	Where a person is entitled or required to make an affirmation of office instead of taking an oath of office and the form of affirmation is not prescribed by or under the relevant law, the affirmation shall be in accordance with the form of affirmation specified in schedule 1.
6A	Oaths or affirmations by members of Assembly
	(1)	A member of the Legislative Assembly must, before taking his or her seat, make and subscribe either or both of the following:
	(a)	an oath or affirmation in accordance with the form in schedule 1A, part 1A.1;
	(b)	an oath or affirmation in accordance with the form in schedule 1A, part 1A.2.
	(2)	This section has effect despite the Self-Government Act, section 9 (1).
7	Oath or affirmation by witness
	(1)	An oath to be taken by a person called as a witness in a proceeding shall, where no other form of oath is prescribed by or under the relevant law, be in accordance with the form of oath specified in schedule 2.
	(2)	Where a person called as a witness in a proceeding is entitled or required to make an affirmation instead of taking an oath, and the form of affirmation is not prescribed by or under the relevant law, the affirmation shall be in accordance with the form of affirmation specified in schedule 2.
8	Oath or affirmation by interpreter of spoken language
	(1)	An oath to be taken by a person who is to interpret a spoken language in a proceeding shall be in accordance with the form of oath specified in schedule 3.
	(2)	Where a person who is to interpret a spoken language in a proceeding is entitled or required to make an affirmation instead of taking an oath, the affirmation shall be in accordance with the form of affirmation specified in schedule 3.
9	Oath or affirmation by interpreter of signs
	(1)	An oath to be taken by a person who is to interpret statements in a proceeding made by means of signs shall be in accordance with the form of oath specified in schedule 4.
	(2)	Where a person who is to interpret statements in a proceeding made by means of signs is entitled or required to make an affirmation instead of taking an oath, the affirmation shall be in accordance with the form of affirmation specified in schedule 4.
10	Oath or affirmation by deponent to affidavit
	(1)	An oath to be taken by a deponent to an affidavit for use in a proceeding shall be in accordance with the form of oath specified in schedule 5.
	(2)	Where a deponent to an affidavit for use in a proceeding is entitled or required to make an affirmation instead of taking an oath, the affirmation shall be in accordance with the form of affirmation specified in schedule 5.

Part 3	Administration of oath or affidavit
10A	Authority to administer oath or affirmation to member of Assembly
An oath or affirmation referred to in section 6A shall be made and subscribed before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of that court authorised by the Chief Justice.
11	Authority to administer oath etc
	(1)	Subject to section 10A, an oath to be taken or affidavit to be made for the purposes of a proceeding or for any other purpose under a law in force in the ACT may be sworn or affirmed—
	(a)	in the ACT, before a justice of the peace, a notary public for the ACT or a legal practitioner; and
	(b)	in a State or another Territory, before—
	(i)	a person referred to in paragraph (a); or
	(ii)	a justice of the peace of that State or Territory; or
	(iii)	a notary public for that State or Territory; or
	(iv)	any other person having authority to administer an oath in that State or Territory; and
	(c)	in any other place, before—
	(i)	a person referred to in paragraph (a); or
	(ii)	an Australian diplomatic or consular representative in the country in which that place is situated; or
	(iii)	a notary public for that place; or
	(iv)	any person having authority to administer an oath in that place.
	(2)	A person authorised under subsection (1) to administer an oath may, for any purpose for which the oath may be administered, administer an affirmation.
	(3)	In this section:
Australian diplomatic or consular representative means—
	(a)	an Australian consular officer under the Consular Fees Act 1955 (Cwlth), section 2 (Interpretation); or
	(b)	an Australian diplomatic officer under the Consular Fees Act 1955 (Cwlth), section 2; or
	(c)	an employee mentioned in the Consular Fees Act 1955 (Cwlth), section 3 (c) or (d) (Fees may be prescribed for consular Acts); or
Note	The Consular Fees Act 1955 (Cwlth), s 3 (c) and (d) mentions employees of the Commonwealth and employees of the Australian Trade Commission authorised, in writing, by the secretary to the Cwlth department.
12	Swearing or affirming of affidavit
Where, by a law in force in the ACT, an affidavit is required or permitted to be made, the affidavit may be sworn or affirmed in accordance with part 5.
13	Affidavit by affirmation
Where a deponent to an affidavit makes an affirmation under section 10 (2), the form of jurat shall be varied and the necessary alterations shall be made so as to conform with the affirmation.

Part 4	Affirmations
14	Entitlement to make affirmation
	(1)	In any case where an oath is required or permitted by law, a person is entitled, instead of taking such an oath, to make an affirmation.
	(2)	This section has effect notwithstanding anything contained in any other Territory law.
15	Requirement to make affirmation
Where a person required or permitted by law to take an oath—
	(a)	appears to a person before whom an oath may be taken to be incompetent to take an oath; or
	(b)	is objected to, on grounds a person before whom an oath may be taken considers reasonable, as incompetent to take an oath; or
	(c)	wishes to take an oath in a form and manner permitted under section 21, but it is not, in the opinion of a person before whom an oath may be taken, reasonably practicable without inconvenience or delay for him to take that oath at the appropriate time and place;
the person before whom an oath may be taken may require that firstmentioned person to make an affirmation instead of taking an oath.
16	Effect of affirmation
An affirmation made by a person under this part has the same effect for all purposes as if that person had taken an oath.

Part 5	Manner of taking oaths and making affirmations
17	Oath or affirmation by spoken words or other means
	(1)	A person taking an oath shall, if the person is physically capable of doing so, in the presence of the person before whom the oath is taken—
	(a)	hold in his or her hand the Bible, the New Testament or the Old Testament; and
	(b)	at the same time, say the words of the oath.
	(2)	A person making an affirmation shall, if the person is physically capable of doing so, in the presence of the person before whom the affirmation is made, say the words of the affirmation.
	(3)	The words of an oath or affirmation shall be spoken in the English language or such other language as the person before whom the oath is taken or affirmation made allows.
	(4)	A person who is incapable of speaking may express the words of an oath or affirmation by signs or by such other means as the person before whom the oath is taken or affirmation made allows.
18	Written evidence of oath or affirmation of office
A person who has taken or made an oath or affirmation of office shall, in the presence of the person before whom the oath or affirmation was taken or made, sign an instrument showing the form of that oath or affirmation, and the person before whom the oath or affirmation was taken or made shall certify on the instrument that the oath or affirmation was taken or made and the date on which it was taken or made.
19	Affidavit by person unable to understand English
Where, in relation to an affidavit, an oath or affirmation is allowed to be taken or made in a language other than English, the person before whom the affidavit is made shall certify in or below the jurat that a person whose name and address are stated in the certificate swore or affirmed before the firstmentioned person—
	(a)	that he or she had in the presence of the firstmentioned person interpreted to the deponent—
	(i)	the contents of the affidavit; and
	(ii)	the words of the oath or affirmation; and
	(b)	that the deponent seemed to understand the affidavit and the oath or affirmation; and
	(c)	that the deponent had sworn or affirmed that the contents of the affidavit so interpreted to him or her were true.
20	Affidavit by illiterate or blind person
Where it appears to the person before whom an affidavit is made that the deponent is illiterate or blind, the person shall certify in or below the jurat that the affidavit was read in his or her presence to the deponent and that the deponent seemed to understand the affidavit.

Part 6	Miscellaneous
21	Alternative form and manner for oath
Subject to sections 6A and 15 but notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where a person who is required or permitted to take an oath states, in the presence of the person before whom the oath is to be taken, that an oath taken in a form and manner other than the form and manner specified in this Act would be binding on him or her, the oath may be taken in that form and manner.
22	Validity of oath or affirmation
	(1)	Where a person has taken or made an oath or affirmation the person is required or permitted to take or make in accordance with a form prescribed by or under a law in force in the ACT or in any form and manner that the person has stated to be binding on him or her, that person is bound by the oath or affirmation for all purposes for which it was taken or made.
	(2)	Where a person has taken an oath in accordance with this Act or another law in force in the ACT, the fact that the person did not at the relevant time have any religious belief or did not for any other reason regard the oath as binding on the person does not affect the validity of that oath.
23	Effect of noncompliance
The validity of an oath or affirmation is not affected by reason only of a failure to comply with the provisions of part 2 or 5.
24	Oath or affirmation for purposes of foreign tribunal
	(1)	Subject to this section, a person appointed by a foreign tribunal to take evidence in the ACT for that tribunal may administer an oath or affirmation in the ACT for the purpose of taking that evidence.
	(2)	Where an oath or affirmation to be administered under subsection (1) relates to evidence to be taken for a foreign tribunal other than a court or a judge, the oath or affirmation shall not be administered without the consent of the Minister.
	(3)	Nothing in this section authorises a person to administer an oath or affirmation in connection with criminal proceedings.
	(4)	In this section:
foreign tribunal means a person or body authorised by a law of a place outside the ACT to take or receive evidence in that place.
25	Oath or affirmation without authority
	(1)	A person shall not, unless the person is authorised to do so by or under a law in force in the ACT—
	(a)	require another person to take an oath or make an affirmation; or
	(b)	administer an oath or affirmation to another person.
	(2)	A person who wilfully contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.
Maximum penalty:  50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
26	Oath etc for purposes of foreign law
	(1)	Subject to section 24 (2), where an oath, affirmation or affidavit is required or permitted by a foreign law for any purpose, nothing in this Act makes it an offence for an authorised person to administer the oath or affirmation, or take the affidavit, for that purpose.
	(2)	In this section:
authorised person means a person authorised under this Act to administer an oath or affirmation, or take an affidavit.
foreign law means a law of a place outside the ACT.
27	Fee
A fee is not payable to any person in respect of an oath taken or affirmation made in accordance with this Act.

Schedule 1	Oath and affirmation of office
    
(see s 6)
Oath
I, A.B., do swear that I will well and truly serve in the office of
So help me God!
Affirmation
I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will well and truly serve in the office of

Schedule 1A	Oaths and affirmations by member of Legislative Assembly
(see s 6A)
Part 1A.1	  
Oath

I, A.B., swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Her heirs and successors according to law.  So help me God!
Affirmation

I, A.B., solemnly affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Her heirs and successors according to law.

Part 1A.2
Oath
I, A.B., swear that I will faithfully serve the people of the Australian Capital Territory as a member of the Legislative Assembly and discharge my responsibilities according to law.  So help me God!

Affirmation
I, A.B., solemnly affirm that I will faithfully serve the people of the Australian Capital Territory as a member of the Legislative Assembly and discharge my responsibilities according to law.

Schedule 2	Oath and affirmation by witness
       
(see s 7)

Oath

I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Affirmation

I solemnly declare and affirm that the evidence I shall give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Schedule 3	Oath and affirmation by interpreter of spoken language
(see s 8)

Oath

I swear by Almighty God that I shall, to the best of my skill and ability, truly and faithfully translate from the English language into the 	
language and from the 	language into the English language.

Affirmation

I solemnly declare and affirm that I shall, to the best of my skill and ability, truly and faithfully translate from the English language into the 	language and from the 	language into the English language.

Schedule 4	Oath and affirmation by interpreter of statements made by means of signs
(see s 9)

Oath

I swear by Almighty God that I shall, to the best of my skill and ability, truly and faithfully communicate by signs or other convenient means words spoken in the English language and translate into the English language statements made by means of signs.

Affirmation

I solemnly declare and affirm that I shall, to the best of my ability, truly and faithfully communicate by signs or other convenient means words spoken in the English language and translate into the English language statements made by means of signs.

Schedule 5	Oath and affirmation by deponent to affidavit
(see s 10)

Oath

I swear by Almighty God that the signature to this affidavit is my signature and that every statement in the affidavit is true.

Affirmation

I solemnly declare and affirm that the signature to this affidavit is my signature and that every statement in the affidavit is true.

Dictionary
(see s 2)
Note 1	The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.
Note 2	For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1 defines the following terms:
·	affidavit
·	instrument (see s 14)
·	oath.
court includes a tribunal or person having authority to receive evidence—
	(a)	under a law in force in the ACT; or 
	(b)	by consent of parties.
proceeding means a matter or inquiry, whether civil or criminal, heard or conducted by a court in which evidence is, or may be, received.

Endnotes
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law.  The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history.  Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2	Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument	
AF = Approved form	o = order	
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed	
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance	
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original	
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph	
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present	
def = definition	prev = previous	
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously	
dict = dictionary	pt = part	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	r = rule/subrule	
Assembly	reloc = relocated	
div = division	renum = renumbered	
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No	
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue	
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule	
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law	
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired	

3	Legislation history
This Act was originally a Commonwealth ordinance—the Oaths and Affirmations Ordinance 1984 No 79 (Cwlth).
The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth), s 34 (4) converted most former Commonwealth ordinances in force in the ACT into ACT enactments. This allowed the ACT Legislative Assembly to amend and repeal the laws. This Act was converted into an ACT enactment on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).
As with most ordinances in force in the ACT, the name was changed from Ordinance to Act by the Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989 A1989‑21, s 5 on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).
After 11 May 1989 and before 10 November 1999, Acts commenced on their notification day unless otherwise stated (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 25).
	Legislation before becoming Territory enactment
Oaths and Affirmations Act 1984 A1984‑79 
notified 19 December 1984
commenced 19 December 1984
as amended by
Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989 Ord1989‑38 sch 1
notified 10 May 1989 (Cwlth Gaz 1989 No S160)
s 1, s 2 commenced 10 May 1989 (s 2 (1))
sch 1 commenced 11 May 1989 (s 2 (2) and see Cwlth Gaz 1989 No S164)
	Legislation after becoming Territory enactment
Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1994 A1994‑81 sch
notified 29 November 1994 (Gaz 1994 No S253)
s 1, s 2 commenced 29 November 1994 (s 2 (1))
sch commenced 29 November 1994 (s 2 (2) and Gaz 1994 No S269)
Oaths and Affirmations (Amendment) Act 1995 A1995‑34 
notified 31 October 1995 (Gaz 1995 No S266)
commenced 31 October 1995 (s 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 1995 A1995‑46 sch 
notified 18 December 1995 (Gaz 1995 No S306)
commenced 18 December 1995 (s 2)
Legal Practitioners (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997 A1997‑96 sch
notified 1 December 1997 (Gaz 1997 No S380)
s 1, s 2 commenced 1 December 1997 (s 2 (1))
sch commenced 1 June 1998 (s 2 (2))
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 A2001-44 pt 263
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 263 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)
Court Procedures (Consequential Amendments) Act 2004 A2004-60 sch 1 pt 1.57
notified LR 2 September 2004
s 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2004 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.57 commenced 10 January 2005 (s 2 and see Court Procedures Act 2004 A2004-59, s 2 and CN2004-29)
Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No 2) A2005-11 pt 6
notified LR 11 March 2005
s 1, s 2 commenced 11 March 2005 (LA s 75 (1))
pt 6 commenced 12 March 2005 (s 2)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2005 (No 2) A2005-62 sch 3 pt 3.17
notified LR 21 December 2005
s 1, s 2 commenced 21 December 2005 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.17 commenced 11 January 2006 (s 2 (1))
Statute Law Amendment Act 2007 (No 2) A2007-16 sch 3 pt 3.29
notified LR 20 June 2007
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 12 April 2007 (LA s 75 (2))
sch 3 pt 3.29 commenced 11 July 2007 (s 2 (1))
Evidence (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011 A2011-48 sch 1 pt 1.27
notified LR 22 November 2011
s 1, s 2 commenced 22 November 2011 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.27 commenced 1 March 2012 (s 2 (1) and see Evidence Act 2011 A2011‑12, s 2 and CN2012-4)

4	Amendment history
Name of Act
s 1	sub A2005‑62 amdt 3.165
Dictionary
s 2	om A2001‑44 amdt 1.2997
	ins A2005‑11 s 31
	am A2011‑48 amdt 1.43
Notes
s 3	om A2001‑44 amdt 1.2997
	ins A2005‑11 s 31
Definitions for Act
s 4	om A2005‑11 s 31
	def barrister and solicitor om A1997‑96 sch
	def court om A2005‑11 s 31
	def diplomatic or consular representative om A2005‑11 s 31
	def proceeding om A2005‑11 s 31
Certain provisions subject to court rules
s 5 hdg	sub A2004‑60 amdt 1.598
s 5	am A1995‑46 sch
	sub A2004‑60 amdt 1.598
Oaths or affirmations by members of Assembly
s 6A	ins A1995‑34 s 4
	sub A2005‑62 amdt 3.166
Authority to administer oath or affirmation to member of Assembly
s 10A	ins A1995‑34 s 5
Authority to administer oath etc
s 11	am A1995‑34 s 6; A1997‑96 sch; A2005‑11 s 32
Written evidence of oath or affirmation of office
s 18	am A2005‑62 amdt 3.167
Alternative form and manner for oath
s 21	am A1995‑34 s 7
Oath or affirmation for purposes of foreign tribunal
s 24	am Ord1989‑38 sch 1
Oath or affirmation without authority
s 25	am A1994‑81 sch
Amendment of Seat of Government (Administration) Ordinance 1930
s 28	om Ord1989‑38 sch 1
Oaths and affirmations by member of Legislative Assembly
sch 1A	ins A1995‑34 s 8

pt 1A.1 hdg	(prev sch 1 pt 1 hdg) renum R3 LA

pt 1A.2 hdg	(prev sch 1 pt 2 hdg) renum R3 LA
Dictionary
dict	ins A2005‑11 s 33
	def court ins A2005‑11 s 33
	sub A2007‑16 amdt 3.130; A2011‑48 amdt 1.44
	def proceeding ins A2005‑11 s 33
	sub A2007‑16 amdt 3.130; A2011‑48 amdt 1.44

5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.  
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date	
1	Ord1989‑38	30 June 1991	
2	A1995‑46	1 January 1996	
3	A2001‑44	8 February 2002	
4	A2005‑60	10 January 2005	
5	A2005‑11	12 March 2005	
6	A2005‑62	11 January 2006	
7	A2007‑16	11 July 2007	

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