26Judicial notice of certain matters

26 Judicial notice of certain matters (1) Proof is not required about— (a) the passing of a proposed law by the Legislative Assembly or its notification in the register, the gazette or otherwise under section 28 (2) (b); or (b) the making, or notification or publication in the register, the gazette or otherwise under section 61 (2) (b), of a subordinate law, disallowable instrument, notifiable instrument, commencement notice or any other statutory instrument; or (c) the approval (however described) of a statutory instrument by the Executive, a Minister or any other entity; or

(d) the provisions of an Act, subordinate law, disallowable instrument, notifiable instrument, commencement notice or any other statutory instrument; or (e) the commencement of an Act, subordinate law, disallowable instrument, notifiable instrument, or any other statutory instrument; or (f) the presentation of a subordinate law, disallowable instrument or any other statutory instrument to the Legislative Assembly; or (g) anything done or not done by or in the Legislative Assembly in relation to a subordinate law, disallowable instrument or any other statutory instrument; or (h) amendments or other changes made under chapter 11 (Republication of Acts and statutory instruments); or (i) the authorisation of a republication under this Act, the provisions of an authorised republication or the republication date of an authorised republication. (2) A court or tribunal may inform itself of anything mentioned in subsection (1) in any way it considers appropriate. Examples—ways that may be appropriate 1 using a version of an Act downloaded from an approved website using the internet 2 using information obtained from an approved website using the internet 3 using an authorised written version of a republication (3) However, the court or tribunal must consider whether the source it intends to use appears to be a reliable source of information. (4) For subsection (3), an authorised version of a law, republication or legislative material is a reliable source of information. (5) This section does not limit any other law providing how a court or tribunal may be informed about a matter mentioned in subsection (1).