(1) In any proceedings under the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016
, a document issued by an authorised screening unit and purporting to be a child-related employment screening letter or a child-related employment screening-cleared letter, or a certificate issued by the authorised screening unit in accordance with regulation 8A of the Children's Protection Regulations 2010
, and stating that an assessment of relevant history had been conducted in relation to a specified person on a specified date will, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be taken to be proof of the matters so stated.
(2) In proceedings for an offence against the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016
, an allegation in an information that an assessment of relevant history relating to a specified person had, or had not, been conducted on a specified day or within a specified period must be accepted as proved in the absence of evidence to the contrary.