sec.312Evidentiary provisions for proceedings under this Act

### sec.312 Evidentiary provisions for proceedings under this Act This section applies to a proceeding under this Act. A signature purporting to be the signature of any of the following persons is evidence of the signature it purports to be— the chief executive; an authorised officer for another State under section 42 ; another officer of a jurisdiction outside the State corresponding to the chief executive; the Minister responsible for administering the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (Cwlth) . A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter— a stated document is a notice, authorisation or approval given or decision made under this Act; a stated document is an extract from a register kept under this Act; a stated document is a copy of a document mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated notice or approval under this Act; the identity of a child’s father could not be ascertained after stated reasonable inquiries; the location of a stated person could not be ascertained after stated reasonable inquiries; a stated entity is an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child; a stated individual is an appropriate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in relation to a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child; another matter prescribed under a regulation. s 312 amd 2017 No. 44 s 89 ; 2021 No. 6 s 6 (sec.312-ssec.1) This section applies to a proceeding under this Act. (sec.312-ssec.2) A signature purporting to be the signature of any of the following persons is evidence of the signature it purports to be— the chief executive; an authorised officer for another State under section 42 ; another officer of a jurisdiction outside the State corresponding to the chief executive; the Minister responsible for administering the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (Cwlth) . (sec.312-ssec.3) A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter— a stated document is a notice, authorisation or approval given or decision made under this Act; a stated document is an extract from a register kept under this Act; a stated document is a copy of a document mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated notice or approval under this Act; the identity of a child’s father could not be ascertained after stated reasonable inquiries; the location of a stated person could not be ascertained after stated reasonable inquiries; a stated entity is an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child; a stated individual is an appropriate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in relation to a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child; another matter prescribed under a regulation. - (a) the chief executive; - (b) an authorised officer for another State under section 42 ; - (c) another officer of a jurisdiction outside the State corresponding to the chief executive; - (d) the Minister responsible for administering the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (Cwlth) . - (a) a stated document is a notice, authorisation or approval given or decision made under this Act; - (b) a stated document is an extract from a register kept under this Act; - (c) a stated document is a copy of a document mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; - (d) on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated notice or approval under this Act; - (e) the identity of a child’s father could not be ascertained after stated reasonable inquiries; - (f) the location of a stated person could not be ascertained after stated reasonable inquiries; - (g) a stated entity is an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child; - (h) a stated individual is an appropriate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in relation to a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child; - (i) another matter prescribed under a regulation.