70Evidentiary matters

70 Evidentiary matters

(1)  In any proceeding under or in respect of this Act, the regulations or the Standards, a certificate signed by the Secretary or purportedly signed by the Secretary that relates to any one or more of the following matters is evidence of the matters contained in it:

(a) whether at any particular time a person held or did not hold a licence;

(b) the terms of a licence;

(c) the conditions to which a licence was subject at any particular time;

(d) whether or not at a particular time a person was an authorised officer or was assisting an authorised officer in an inspection under section 38 ;

(e) whether or not child care or a child care service was, or the premises in which child care or a child care service was operated or provided were, at any particular time exempt from compliance with a provision of this Act, the regulations or the Standards;

(f) any other matter prescribed in the regulations.

(2)  All courts and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of –

(a) the official signature of a person who is or has been the Secretary if the signature purports to be attached or appended to the Standards or any certificate or other document under this Act, the regulations or the Standards; and

(b) the fact that the person holds or has held the office of Secretary.

(3)  A court or person acting judicially must –

(a) take judicial notice of the Standards, as amended from time to time; and

(b) admit as evidence a copy of the Standards, as amended from time to time, if the copy is certified as a true copy by the Secretary.