Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A certificate by the Foreign Affairs Minister, or by an eligible person authorised by that Minister to make such a certificate, stating that:
(a) specified waters were, at a specified time:
(i) part of the high seas; or
(ii) within the coastal sea of Australia; or
(b) a specified place was, at a specified time, a place beyond the jurisdiction of any country;
is, for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence against this Part, evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.
(2) In this section:
"eligible person" means an SES employee in the Foreign Affairs Department.