Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (FAMILY LAW) RULES 2021 (F2021L01197) - RULE 8.16

             (1)  An affidavit must be:

                     (a)  confined to facts about the issues in dispute; and

                     (b)  confined to admissible evidence; and

                     (c)  sworn or affirmed by the deponent, in the presence of a witness; and

                     (d)  signed at the bottom of each page by the deponent and the witness; and

                     (e)  filed after it is sworn or affirmed.

             (2)  Any insertion in, erasure or other alteration of, an affidavit must be initialled by the deponent and the witness.

             (3)  A reference to a date (other than the name of a month), number or amount of money must be written in figures.