Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1986 No. 85 FAMILY LAW (CHILD ABDUCTION CONVENTION) REGULATIONS - REG 23

23. (1) In proceedings under these Regulations in a court, an application
under regulation 13, 14 or 24 and any document or documents attached to or
forwarded in support of that application are admissible as evidence of the
facts stated in the application or document.

(2) In proceedings under these Regulations in a court, a statement contained
in a document -

   (a)  purporting to set out or summarize evidence given in proceedings in a
        court in a convention country, or before a competent authority of that
        country, in relation to the custody of a child and to have been signed
        by the person before whom the evidence was given;

   (b)  purporting to set out or summarize evidence taken in a convention
        country for the purposes of proceedings under these Regulations
        (whether in response to a request made by the court or otherwise) and
        to have been signed by the person before whom the evidence was taken;
        or

   (c)  purporting to have been received as evidence in proceedings in a court
        in a convention country or before a competent authority of that
        country in relation to the custody of a child and to have been signed
        by a judge or other officer of the court or that authority, is
        admissible as evidence of any fact stated in the document to the same
        extent as oral evidence of that fact, without proof of the signature
        of the person purporting to have signed it or of the official position
        of that person.

(3) In proceedings under these Regulations in a court, the court may take
judicial notice of a law in force in a convention country.

(4) In proceedings under these Regulations in a court, a document purporting
to be an order, or a copy of an order, of a court in a convention country, or
a decision of a competent authority of that country, in relation to the
custody of a child, and to have been signed by a judge or other officer of the
court or that authority is admissible as evidence of that order or decision,
as the case may be, without proof of the signature of the person purporting to
have signed it or of the official position of that person.