Evidentiary aids
351 Evidentiary aids
This section applies to a proceeding under an Act.
It is not necessary to prove the appointment of an appointed person or the power of an appointed person to do something, unless a party to the proceeding, by reasonable notice of at least 7 days, requires proof.
A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—
a person’s appointment as an appointed person was, or was not, in force on a stated day or during a stated period;
a person is, or was on a stated day or during a stated period, a prisoner;
a dog is, or was on a stated day or during a stated period, a corrective services dog;
a stated place is, or was on a stated day or during a stated period, a corrective services facility;
a stated approval is, or was on a stated day or during a stated period, in force;
a stated document is a copy of a document made under this Act, one of the repealed Acts or the Prisons Act 1958;
the contents of a stated substance that was tested by a State analyst under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019;
a stated thing is, or was on a stated day or during a stated period—
property that is part of a corrective services facility; or
other property of the State;
approval was not given for a stated act or omission that is alleged to have happened;
the chief executive, on a stated day or during a stated period, personally served a document on a person under section 348B.
A certificate signed by an officer of the secretariat recording a decision of the parole board is evidence of the matter.
A signature purporting to be the signature of an appointed person is evidence of the person’s signature.
In a complaint starting the proceeding, a statement that the offence in the complaint came to the complainant’s knowledge on a stated day is evidence of the matter.
In this section—appointed person means—
the chief executive; or
a corrective services officer; or
a board member; or
an official visitor; or
the chief inspector; or
an inspector; or
a police officer; or
a community service supervisor.
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