Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An authorised officer of the Territory may issue a certificate in writing certifying any of the following matters:
(a) that the making of a local DVO has been properly notified under the law of the Territory;
(b) that a variation of a DVO that was done in the Territory has been properly notified under the law of the Territory.
(2) The certificate is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is evidence of the matters certified.
(3) A certificate in writing purporting to be signed by an authorised officer of another jurisdiction and certifying any of the following matters is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is evidence of the matters certified:
(a) that the making of a DVO in that jurisdiction has been properly notified under the law of that jurisdiction;
(b) that a variation to a DVO that was done in that jurisdiction has been properly notified under the law of that jurisdiction.
(4) In any document, the words "authorised officer" after a signature are evidence that the person whose signature it purports to be is in fact an authorised officer.
(5) In this section:
authorised officer means:
(a) of another jurisdiction – a person (whether or not designated as an authorised officer) who is authorised under the law of another jurisdiction to issue a certificate certifying that the making or variation of a DVO has been properly notified under the law of that jurisdiction; or
(b) of the Territory:
(i) a registrar of a court of the Territory; or
(ii) a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant.