In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the New South Wales
Government has made regulations that allow some important legal
documents to be witnessed by audio-visual link.1
Prior to the regulations being made it was mandatory for
witnesses to be physically present when certain legal documents
were being signed.
As a result of the regulations, the following documents may be
signed using audio-visual technology during the Covid-19
pandemic:
- A Will.
- A Power of Attorney or Enduring Power of Attorney.
- A Deed or Agreement.
- An Enduring Guardianship Appointment.
- An Affidavit, including an annexure or exhibit to the
Affidavit.
- A Statutory Declaration.
Further, the category of people who can witness a New South
Wales Statutory Declaration has been extended beyond its present
limitation of legal practitioners, notaries and Justices of the
Peace.
