Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 312

312 Evidentiary provisions for proceedings under this Act

(1) This section applies to a proceeding under this Act.

(2) A signature purporting to be the signature of any of the following persons is evidence of the signature it purports to be—

(a) the chief executive;

(b) an authorised officer for another State under section 42 ;

(c) another officer of a jurisdiction outside the State corresponding to the chief executive;

(d) the Minister responsible for administering the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 (Cwlth) .

(3) A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

(a) a stated document is a notice, authorisation or approval given or decision made under this Act;

(b) a stated document is an extract from a register kept under this Act;

(c) a stated document is a copy of a document mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ;

(d) on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated notice or approval under this Act;

(e) the identity of a child’s father could not be ascertained after stated reasonable inquiries;

(f) the location of a stated person could not be ascertained after stated reasonable inquiries;

(g) a stated entity is an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child;

(h) a stated individual is an appropriate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in relation to a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child;

(i) another matter prescribed under a regulation.