23Evidentiary provisions

23 Evidentiary provisions

(1) A court may admit as evidence a document that appears to be signed on behalf of the driver licensing authority certifying a matter that appears in or can be calculated from the driver licence register or another record kept by the driver licensing authority. (2) A court may admit as evidence a document that is issued under the law of another jurisdiction that relates to: (a) whether a person has a driver licence or other authority to drive a motor vehicle, the extent of the authority conferred by a licence or other authority and any conditions of that licence or other authority; or (b) any offence found to have been committed by a person in relation to the driving of a motor vehicle or in relation to driver licensing, including any penalty imposed or other order made in respect of that offence; or (c) demerit points incurred by a person. (3) The court must accept the documents as proof of the facts stated in them if there is no evidence to the contrary. (4) A court may admit into evidence other documents prescribed by the amended driver licensing law in the circumstances set out in the Supporting Principles.