137Judicial notice

#### 137 Judicial notice (1) All courts shall take judicial notice of the signature of a person who is, or has been, the Designated Authority, or a delegate of the Designated Authority, in respect of an adjacent area, or a part of an adjacent area, and of the fact that that person is, or has been the Designated Authority, or a delegate of the Designated Authority, in respect of that area, or that part of an adjacent area. (2) In this section, court includes any Federal or State Court or court of a Territory, and all persons authorized by the law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory or by consent of parties to receive evidence.