Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Foreign Affairs Minister may give a written certificate stating:
(a) that the Convention entered into force for a particular country on a particular day; or
(b) that a particular country has not denounced the Convention; or
(c) that a particular country has denounced the Convention and the denunciation took effect on a particular day.
(2) Australia may be named in a certificate under subsection ( 1).
(3) A certificate given under subsection ( 1) is admissible in any proceedings as prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.