166Evidentiary matters

166 Evidentiary matters

(1)  A certificate signed or purporting to be signed by the Secretary is evidence of the matters specified in it if it relates to –

(a) the compliance by a person with –

(i) a probation order; or

(ii) the conditions and special conditions to which a probation order is subject; or

(iii) a community service order; or

(iv) the conditions to which a community service order is subject; or

(v) a suspended detention order; or

(vi) the conditions and special conditions to which a suspended detention order is subject; or

(b) the completion by a youth of undertakings entered into at a community conference; or

(c) whether at a time specified in the certificate a youth was in the custody of the Secretary or was a detainee.

(2)  In a proceeding under this Act, it is not necessary to prove –

(a) [Section 166 Subsection (2) amended by No. 49 of 2007, s. 10, Applied:13 Dec 2007] the appointment, authorisation or employment of the Secretary, the district registrar, a facilitator, a youth justice worker, a police officer or a person employed for the purposes of the Court or the Department; or

(b) the authority of a person to take any action under this Act.

(3)  Subsection (2) does not apply if the youth or his or her legal representative has given written notice, not less than 48 hours before the hearing of a proceeding under this Act, that the appointment, employment or authority of a person is required to be proved to the person referred to in that notice.