Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn proceedings under this Act, the court may receive as evidence of the facts stated in it a document purporting to be either the original or a certified copy of:
(a) a certificate, entry or record of a birth, death or marriage alleged to have taken place, whether in Australia or elsewhere; or
(b) an entry in a register of parentage information kept under the law of the Commonwealth or of a State, Territory or prescribed overseas jurisdiction.