An authorised witness can also certify copies your original Advance Care Directive.
The following persons, or classes of persons, are authorised witnesses:
- Health practitioners
- Justices of the Peace (JP)
- Law practitioners
- Police Officers
- Social workers
- Teachers.
Authorised witnesses must be independent of the person making the Advance Care Directive and cannot be:
- a beneficiary in their will
- appointed as their Substitute Decision-Maker; or
- their health practitioner or paid professional carer.
Information for Witnesses
See the information for witnesses page or you can download and print information for witnesses (PDF 106KB).