South Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (SAFETY) ACT 2017 - SECT 167

167—Evidentiary provision

        (1)         In proceedings for an offence against this Act, an allegation in an information—

            (a)         that a working with children check relating to a specified person had, or had not, been conducted on a specified day or within a specified period; or

            (b)         that a prohibition notice had, or had not, been issued to a specified person; or

            (c)         that a specified person had, or had not, been issued with a specified unique identifier; or

            (d)         that a specified person was, or was not, a child protection officer at a specified time; or

            (e)         that a specified person was, or was not, an approved carer at a specified time; or

            (f)         that specified premises were, or were not, a licensed children's residential facility,

must be accepted as proved in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

        (2)         In this section—

"prohibition notice" and "unique identifier" have the same meanings as in the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 .