Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Evidence of a Commonwealth record or of a public record of a State or Territory may be adduced by producing a document that:
(a) purports to be such a record and to be signed or sealed by:
(i) a Minister, or a Minister of the State or Territory, as the case requires; or
(ii) a person who might reasonably be supposed to have custody of the record; or
(b) purports to be a copy of or extract from the record that is certified to be a true copy or extract by:
(i) a Minister, or a Minister of the State or Territory, as the case requires; or
(ii) a person who might reasonably be supposed to have custody of the record.
(2) If such a document is produced, it is presumed, unless evidence that is sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is adduced, that:
(a) the document is the record, copy or extract that it purports to be; and
(b) the Minister, Minister of the State or Territory or person:
(i) signed or sealed the record; or
(ii) certified the copy or extract as a true copy or extract;
as the case requires.
Note: Section 5 extends the application of this section to proceedings in all Australian courts.