Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) A certificate that appears to be signed by or for the local authority or the interstate authority for an interstate jurisdiction, and states a matter that appears in or can be worked out from the register kept under this chapter or a corresponding community-based sentence law, is evidence of the matter.
(2) A certificate may state a matter by reference to a date or period.
(3) A certificate that appears to be signed by or for the local authority or the interstate authority for an interstate jurisdiction, and states any matter prescribed by regulation, is evidence of the matter.
(4) A certificate that appears to be signed by or for the local authority or the interstate authority for an interstate jurisdiction and states any of the following details is evidence of the matter:
(a) details of a community-based sentence or the offender in relation to a community-based sentence;
(b) details of any part of a community-based sentence that has or has not been served.
(5) A court must accept a certificate mentioned in this section as proof of the matters stated in it if there is no evidence to the contrary.
(6) A court must or may admit into evidence other
documents prescribed by regulation in the circumstances prescribed by
regulation.