New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 446

446 Evidentiary matters

(1) A certificate sealed by, or signed on behalf of, the designated local regulatory authority, stating that, on a date or during a period specified in the certificate--

(a) a person held or did not hold an Australian practising certificate or an Australian registration certificate; or

(b) the Australian practising certificate or Australian registration certificate of a person was subject to a specified condition or restriction--

is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof of the matters stated in it.

(2) A certificate sealed by, or signed on behalf of, the Council, stating that a matter specified in the certificate is, or was at any time specified in the certificate, on the Australian Legal Profession Register is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof that the matter is, or was at the specified time, on that register.

(3) A certificate sealed by, or signed on behalf of, the designated local regulatory authority, stating that a matter specified in the certificate is, or was at any time specified in the certificate, on a local legal profession register is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof that the matter is, or was at the specified time, on that register.