Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For Article 40 of the Convention, a certificate has effect under this regulation when issued by a central authority or competent authority of a Convention country other than Australia, being the country:
(a) of the child's habitual residence; or
(b) where a measure of protection was taken for the child.
(2) A certificate that has effect under this regulation is presumed, in proceedings under the Act, to establish any of the following matters stated in the certificate:
(a) that a person is entitled to act in a capacity in relation to a child;
(b) that a person has certain powers in relation to a child.
(3) Any matter presumed to be established by subregulation (2) is rebuttable by evidence on the balance of probabilities.