Evidence Act 2011
180Proof of identity of convicted people—affidavits by
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180 Proof of identity of convicted people—affidavits by members of Australian Federal Police (1) This section applies if a member of the Australian Federal Police— (a) makes an affidavit in the form prescribed by regulation; and
(b) states in the affidavit that the member is a fingerprint expert for the Australian Federal Police. (2) For the purpose of proving before a court the identity of a person alleged to have been convicted of an offence against a Commonwealth law, 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.