Statutory Declaration   ——  

If you are acting on behalf of a friend or relative you may well have to complete a Statutory Declaration giving you permission to receive goods on behalf of the friend or relative. This is quite common as people often travel before the task of shipping goods is complete or goods arrive before they do.

Statutory Declarations need to be signed by you in the presence of a Justice of the Peace (JP). You will need your passport or drivers license if the JP does not personally know you.

Statutory Declaration forms can be obtained from the Post Office who often have an employee who is a JP. If they don't they will most likely know of a person in the locality that can help you. However, if you have a computer or typewriter you can copythe example below to create your own Statutory Declaration.

When you have completed the Statutory Declaration, send it with a copy of your drivers license or passport to Boltt International so we can submit documentation to Customs.

Information provided by the state government of NSW states that: the term "statutory declaration" according to the Interpretation Act 1987, means "a declaration made by virtue of any Act authorising a declaration to be made instead of an oath."

Statutory declarations can follow different forms but the one shown below is acceptable by the Australian Customs.

The words in Italic are those to be filled in to personalise the oath.
 

STATUTORY DECLARATION NSW OATH ACT 1900 I, _________________________________________(your full name) of _________________________________________(address and occupation), do hereby solemnly declare and affirm that: _________________________________________(full name of person you are acting on behalf of) has given permission in their absence, for me to act on their behalf to receive goods being imported into Australia. and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of the Oaths Act, 1900 and I make this solemn declaration, as to the matter aforesaid, according to the laws in this behalf made, and subject to the punishment by law provided for any willfully false statement in any such declaration (At the end of the declaration, you must complete the document and sign it in front of a JP) Declared at ________________________(place) this _______(date) day of __________(month), _______(year), ________________________(you sign here) Before me, ________________________(signature of JP) Justice of the Peace _____________________________(full name of JP)

Placing your goods in Boltt's hands means you are placing your goods in safe hands.