58HAAdmissibility of certain matters

58HA Admissibility of certain matters

(1) Each of the following documents is to be received in all courts and proceedings as prima facie evidence of their contents: (a) a bail order; (b) a bail undertaking; (c) a third party security undertaking; (d) a notice referred to in subparagraph 58DE(2)(a)(ii) (about change of address) given by the accused to the Court. (2) A copy, certified by an officer of the Court, of a document referred to in subsection (1) is admissible in evidence in all courts and proceedings without further proof or production of the original.

Note: This means that a certified copy is to be received in all courts and proceedings as prima facie evidence of the original’s contents.

(3) An officer of the Court may issue a written certificate stating that: (a) a condition specified in a bail order: (i) has not been varied; or (ii) has been varied in a specified way; or (b) a notice was given under subsection 58FB(2) to a specified person in a specified way on a specified day; or (c) the accused did not appear in person before the Court: (i) at a specified place; or (ii) on a specified day or during a specified period; or (d) the accused did not notify the Court of a change in the accused’s residential address; or (e) the accused notified the Court of a change in the accused’s residential address: (i) to a specified address; and (ii) on a specified day. (4) The certificate is to be received in all courts and proceedings as prima facie evidence of the statements in the certificate. (5) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (3) is taken to be such a certificate and to have been duly given, unless the contrary is established.