South Australian Numbered Acts

EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES (REGISTRATION AND STANDARDS) ACT 2011 (NO 46 OF 2011) - SECT 89

89—Evidentiary provision

        (1)         In proceedings for an offence against this Act or in disciplinary proceedings under Part 7, an allegation in the complaint—

            (a)         that a school named in the complaint is or is not, or was or was not on a specified date, registered on the schools register; or

            (b)         that the registration of a school named in the complaint is or is not, or was or was not on a specified date, subject to specified conditions; or

            (c)         that the registration of a school named in the complaint is or is not, or was or was not on a specified date, endorsed with an approval to enrol full fee paying overseas students; or

            (d)         that a person named in the complaint is, or was on a specified date, the responsible authority for a specified school; or

            (e)         that a person named in the complaint is, or was on a specified date, a member of the governing authority of a specified school; or

            (f)         that a person named in the complaint is, or was on a specified date, an authorised officer,

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

        (2)         In legal proceedings, a document apparently certified by a Registrar to be a copy of a register under this Act, or a copy of a code of conduct prepared or endorsed by the Board under this Act, must be accepted as such in the absence of proof to the contrary.