# Statutory declaration by alleged victim etc

> reg-1.25 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

1.25 Statutory declaration by alleged victim etc
          (1) A statutory declaration under this regulation must be made by the spouse
              or de facto partner of, or the prospective spouse of, the alleged perpetrator.
          (2) A statutory declaration under this regulation that is made by a person mentioned
              in subregulation (1) who alleges that he or she is the victim of relevant family
              violence (within the meaning of regulation 1.21) must:
                (a) set out the allegation; and
                (b) name the person alleged to have committed the relevant family violence;
                    and
                (c) if the conduct of the person alleged to have committed the relevant family
                    violence was not towards the alleged victim:
                      (i) name the person whom the conduct of the alleged perpetrator was
                          towards; and
                     (ii) identify the relationship between the maker of the statutory
                          declaration and the person whom the conduct was towards.
          (3) A statutory declaration under this regulation that is made by a person mentioned
              in subregulation (1) who alleges that another person is the victim of relevant
              family violence (within the meaning of regulation 1.21) must:
                (a) name that other person; and
                (b) set out the allegation; and
                (c) identify the relationship of the maker of the statutory declaration to that
                     other person; and
                (d) name the person alleged to have committed the relevant family violence;
                     and
                (e) if the conduct of the person alleged to have committed the relevant family
                     violence was not towards the alleged victim:
                       (i) name the person whom the conduct of the alleged perpetrator was
                           towards; and
                      (ii) identify the relationship between the alleged victim and the person
                           whom the conduct was towards; and
                     (iii) identify the relationship between the maker of the statutory
                           declaration and the person whom the conduct was towards; and
                 (f) set out the evidence on which the allegation is based.