Who can certify Certificates/Statement of Attainments/Record of Results?

To have a document certified, an individual must take the original and a photocopy to an authorised person. 

The authorised person must 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”, sign each statement and provide their description, for example, “Pharmacist”.

 Authorised persons include:

• a justice of the peace or a bail justice
• a public notary
• an Australian lawyer
• a clerk to an Australian lawyer
• the registrar of probates and the assistant registrar of probates
• the associate to a judge of the Supreme Court or of the County Court
• the secretary of a master of the Supreme Court or of the County Court
• a member of the police force
• the sheriff or deputy sheriff
• a member or a former Politician of either House of the Parliament of Victoria or Commonwealth
• a councillor of a municipality
• a senior officer of a council
• a registered medical practitioner
• a registered dentist
• a veterinary practitioner
• a pharmacist
• a principal in the (State) teaching service
• the manager of a bank
• a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or CPA or the National Institute of Accountants
• the secretary of a building society
• a minister of religion authorised to celebrate marriages (not a civil celebrant)
• a person employed with a classification that is prescribed as a classification for statutory declarations, or who holds office in a statutory authority with such a classification
• a fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives (Victoria)

Note: An original version of your Certificate/Record of Results need to be presented to a JP in order to certify the copy.