179Proof of identity of convicted people—affidavits by

179 Proof of identity of convicted people—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 regulation; and (b) states in the affidavit that the member 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 mentioned in the affidavit and marked for identification— (a) is the person mentioned 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 the offence; and (c) was convicted of any other offence of which the person is stated in the affidavit to have been convicted. (3) For this section, if a Territory does not have its own police force, the police force exercising the policing functions of that Territory is taken to be the police force of that Territory.