What is a certified copy?

To have a document certified, you should take the original and a copy to an authorised person. The person must then write on every page of the copy document: "I have sighted the original document and certify this to be a true copy of the original." (sample statement)

The person should sign each statement and provide their designation, for example, "Pharmacist."

Authorised persons include:

• a Justice of the Peace
• a police officer of the rank of Sergeant and above
• a pharmacist
• a barrister, solicitor or patent attorney
• a principal of an Australian Secondary College, High School or Primary School
• a postal manager
• a medical practitioner
• a bank manager
• an accountant