Motor Vehicles Act 1949
119Judicial notice of Registrar's, Deputy Registrar's and certain
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119 Judicial notice of Registrar's, Deputy Registrar's and certain officers' signatures All courts shall take judicial notice: (a) of the official signature of a person who holds or has held the office of Registrar or Deputy Registrar; (b) of the official signature of an officer having duties in connection with the registration of vehicles or the licensing of persons to drive vehicles in a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth;
Motor Vehicles Act 1949 105 (ba) of, in relation to a vehicle of a kind to which the Road Transport Charges Laws apply, a certificate in writing under the hand of the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar or an officer referred to in paragraph (b), that: (i) a copy, attached to the certificate, of an application for registration of, for an amendment to the registration of, or for a permit under section 107B in relation to, a vehicle under the Act was a true copy of such an application made by or on behalf of the person specified in the certificate; or (ii) on the day specified in the certificate, the vehicle specified was registered as being of a specified configuration, or that it was in fact of a specified configuration; (c) of a certificate in writing under the hand of the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar, or an officer referred to in paragraph (b), that, on any day or during any period: (i) a person was not licensed or has failed to do something which under this Act a person may be licensed or required to do; (ia) a person was disqualified from holding a licence or a person's licence to drive a motor vehicle was cancelled, revoked or suspended; (ib) a permit was or was not issued in relation to a vehicle, and, where it was so issued, the configuration specified in the permit and the name of the person in whose name the permit was issued; (ic) a permit was, on a specified date, cancelled or suspended for a specified period; (ii) a motor vehicle was not registered or licensed in a manner in which a motor vehicle may be registered or licensed under this Act; or (iii) a motor vehicle was registered or licensed and the name of the person in whose name the vehicle was registered or licensed, and such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the matter contained in the certificate; and
Motor Vehicles Act 1949 106 (d) of a certificate in writing under the hand of the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar that: (i) a document annexed to the certificate is a copy of an Australian Design Rule known by the name specified in the certificate; (ii) a document annexed to the certificate is a copy of a document referred to in an Australian Design Rule; and (iii) an Australian Design Rule was in force on a day or during a period specified in the certificate in respect of a motor vehicle specified in the certificate, and such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the matter contained in the certificate.