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PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES ACT 1987 - SECT 17

Certificates relating to proceedings

    For the purposes of this Act, a certificate signed by or on behalf of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or a chairman of a committee stating that:

  (a)   a particular document was prepared for the purpose of submission, and submitted, to a House or a committee;

  (b)   a particular document was directed by a House or a committee to be treated as evidence taken in camera;

  (c)   certain oral evidence was taken by a committee in camera;

  (d)   a document was not published or authorised to be published by a House or a committee;

  (e)   a person is or was an officer of a House;

  (f)   an officer is or was required to attend upon a House or a committee;

  (g)   a person is or was required to attend before a House or a committee on a day;

  (h)   a day is a day on which a House or a committee met or will meet; or

  (i)   a specified fine was imposed on a specified person by a House;

is evidence of the matters contained in the certificate.



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