Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An elector whose name appears on a Roll is an authorised witness.
(2) Outside Australia, the following persons are authorised witnesses:
(a) an officer of the Defence Force or of the naval, military or air forces of a Commonwealth country;
(b) a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 ;
(c) a member of the civil or public service of a State or Territory or of a Commonwealth country;
(d) a Justice of the Peace for a State or Territory or a Commonwealth country;
(e) a minister of religion or medical practitioner resident in a State or Territory or a Commonwealth country;
(f) an Australian citizen.
(3) A person who is a candidate at an election is not an authorised witness in relation to the casting of a postal vote in that election.
(4) In this section:
"Commonwealth country" means a body politic, or part of a body politic, that is a member of the international organisation known as the Commonwealth of Nations.