Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsFor the purposes of this Act (including proceedings arising under this Act or in which a question arises as to the application of this Act to a person), a certificate in writing by a prescribed officer of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory that a person named in the certificate is a non - citizen child, or was, at a date specified in the certificate, a non - citizen child, is prima facie evidence of the fact so certified.