Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011

(1) If the imprint of a seal appears on a document and purports to be the imprint of:

(f) the seal of a body (including a court or a tribunal), or a body corporate, established by or under Royal Charter or by an Australian law or the law of a foreign country;

it is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the imprint is the imprint of that seal, and the document was duly sealed as it purports to have been sealed.

Note for subsection (1)

The Commonwealth Act has a different subsection (1).

(2) If the imprint of a seal appears on a document and purports to be the imprint of the seal of an office holder, it is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that:

(b) the document was duly sealed by the office holder acting in his or her official capacity; and

(c) the office holder held the relevant office when the document was sealed.

(3) If a document purports to have been signed by an office holder in his or her official capacity, it is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that:

(a) the document was signed by the office holder acting in that capacity; and

(b) the office holder held the relevant office when the document was signed.

office holder means:

(e) a person holding any other office under an Australian law or a law of a foreign country.

(5) This section extends to documents sealed, and documents signed, before the commencement of this section.

Notes for section 150

1 Section 5 of the Commonwealth Act extends the operation of this section of the Commonwealth Act to proceedings in all Australian courts.

2 Australian law is defined in the Dictionary.