155Evidence of official records

155 Evidence of official records (1) Evidence of a Commonwealth record or public document of the Territory, a State or another Territory may be presented by producing a document that— (a) purports to be the record or document and to be signed or sealed by— (i) a Minister; or (ii) a person who might reasonably be supposed to have custody of the record or document; or (b) purports to be a copy of or extract from the record or document that is certified to be a true copy or extract by— (i) a Minister; or (ii) a person who might reasonably be supposed to have custody of the record or document. (2) If the document is produced, it is presumed (unless evidence sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is presented) that— (a) the document is the record, public document, copy or extract that it purports to be; and

(b) the Minister or person— (i) signed or sealed the record; or (ii) certified the copy or extract as a true copy or extract. Minister means— (a) in relation to a Commonwealth record—a Commonwealth Minister; and (b) in relation to a public document of a State or another Territory— a Minister of the State or Territory. Note 1 For the meaning of Minister in relation to an ACT public document, see the Legislation Act, s 162. Note 2 Subsection (3) is not in the Commonwealth Act or NSW Act.