Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS ABROAD ACT 1984 - SECT 23

  (1)   The Register is prima facie evidence:

  (a)   of the facts recorded in it;

  (b)   that those facts were duly recorded; and

  (c)   that a death recorded in it was duly registered under this Act;

and is admissible in evidence without proof of the stamp, relevant State or Territory seal or signature authenticating the Register or any entry in the Register or of the official character of the person appearing to have signed, or sealed the Register or any entry in the Register.

  (2)   A copy of, or an extract from, an entry in the register, being a copy, or an extract, duly issued under section   19, is prima facie evidence:

  (a)   of the facts stated in the copy or extract;

  (b)   that those facts were duly recorded in the Register; and

  (c)   that the death which is recorded in the Register and to which the copy or extract relates was duly registered under this Act;

and a document purporting to be such a copy or extract shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a copy or extract and to have been duly issued.

  (3)   A Certificate of Death Abroad, not being a certificate that is void by reason of subsection   22(6), is prima facie evidence:

  (a)   of the facts stated in it; and

  (b)   that the death to which the certificate relates was duly registered under this Act;

and a document purporting to be a Certificate of Death Abroad shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a valid Certificate of Death Abroad.

  (4)   In this section, Certificate of Death Abroad has the same meaning as it has in section   21.