Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000
21ACertificate evidence
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21A Certificate evidence
21A Certificate evidence
(1) In proceedings under this Act, a certificate signed by the Commissioner of Police, or a member of the NSW Police Force holding a position designated in writing by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section, certifying that the Register—
(a) at any particular date contained information specified in the certificate, or
(b) indicated that, during any particular period, a specified person failed to notify information as required by this Act,
is evidence (unless evidence to the contrary is adduced) of the particulars certified in the certificate.
(2) Not more than 3 positions are to be designated at any one time under subsection (1).
(3) For the purposes of 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.
s 21A: Ins 2002 No 98, Sch 1 [7]. Am 2004 No 85, Sch 1 [41] [42]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.4 [2].