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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
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98 Certificate concerning evidence
(1) In proceedings under this Act, a certificate signed by the
Commissioner, or a police officer holding a position designated in
writing by the Commissioner for this section, certifying that the
Register:
(a) at any particular date contained information specified in the
certificate; or
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(b) indicated that, during any particular period, a specified person
failed to notify information as required by this Act;
is evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof
of the details specified in the certificate.
(2) For this Act, a certificate that would be evidence under a
corresponding Act that at a specified time, or during a specified
period, a person was required to report to a corresponding registrar
under that Act is evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the
contrary, is proof of the facts stated in the certificate.