South Australian Numbered Acts

COMMUNITY BASED SENTENCES (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 2015 (NO 45 OF 2015) - SECT 23

23—Evidence of registration and registered particulars

        (1)         A certificate that appears to be signed by or on behalf of the local authority or the interstate authority for an interstate jurisdiction, and states a matter that appears in or can be ascertained from the register kept under this Act or a corresponding law, is evidence of the matter.

        (2)         A certificate under subsection (1)

may state a matter by reference to a date or period.

        (3)         A certificate that appears to be signed by or on behalf of the local authority or the interstate authority for an interstate jurisdiction, and states any matter prescribed by the regulations, is evidence of the matter.

        (4)         A certificate that appears to be signed by or on behalf of the local authority or the interstate authority for an interstate jurisdiction and states any of the following details is evidence of the matter:

            (a)         details of a community based sentence or the offender in relation to a community based sentence;

            (b)         details of any part of a community based sentence that has or has not been served.

        (5)         A court must accept a certificate mentioned in this section as proof of the matters stated in it if there is no evidence to the contrary.

        (6)         A court must or may admit into evidence other documents prescribed by the regulations in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations.