Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Each of the following documents is to be received in all courts and proceedings as prima facie evidence of their contents:
(a) a bail order;
(b) a bail undertaking;
(c) a third party security undertaking;
(d) a notice referred to in subparagraph 58DE(2)(a)(ii) (about change of address) given by the accused to the Court.
(2) A copy, certified by an officer of the Court, of a document referred to in subsection (1) is admissible in evidence in all courts and proceedings without further proof or production of the original.
Note: This means that a certified copy is to be received in all courts and proceedings as prima facie evidence of the original's contents.
(3) An officer of the Court may issue a written certificate stating that:
(a) a condition specified in a bail order:
(i) has not been varied; or
(ii) has been varied in a specified way; or
(b) a notice was given under subsection 58FB(2) to a specified person in a specified way on a specified day; or
(c) the accused did not appear in person before the Court:
(i) at a specified place; or
(ii) on a specified day or during a specified period; or
(d) the accused did not notify the Court of a change in the accused's residential address; or
(e) the accused notified the Court of a change in the accused's residential address:
(i) to a specified address; and
(ii) on a specified day.
(4) The certificate is to be received in all courts and proceedings as prima facie evidence of the statements in the certificate.
(5) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (3) is taken to be such a certificate and to have been duly given, unless the contrary is established.