179Proof of identity of convicted persons—affidavits by members of State or Territory police forces

#### 179 Proof of identity of convicted persons—affidavits by members of State or Territory police forces (1) This section applies if a member of a police force of a State or Territory: (a) makes an affidavit in the form prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section; and (b) states in the affidavit that he or she is a fingerprint expert for that police force. (2) For the purpose of proving before a court the identity of a person alleged to have been convicted in that State or Territory of an offence, the affidavit is evidence in a proceeding that the person whose fingerprints are shown on a fingerprint card referred to in the affidavit and marked for identification: (a) is the person referred to in a certificate of conviction, or certified copy of conviction annexed to the affidavit, as having been convicted of an offence; and (b) was convicted of that offence; and (c) was convicted of any other offence of which he or she is stated in the affidavit to have been convicted. (3) For the purposes of this section, if a Territory does not have its own police force, the police force performing the policing functions of the Territory is taken to be the police force of the Territory.