180Proof of identity of convicted persons – affidavits by members

180 Proof of identity of convicted persons – 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 the regulations for the purposes of this section; and (b) states in the affidavit that he or she 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 law of the Commonwealth, 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. Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 117