Public Records Act 1973

A public record produced from the Public Record Office shall have the same evidentiary value as if it had been produced from the public office from which it was transferred.

A copy of or an extract from a public record in the Public Record Office or other place of deposit appointed under this Act, if it bears a certificate purporting to be signed by the Keeper of Public Records that it is a true copy or extract—

shall be admissible in evidence without further proof before any court or any person acting judicially as if it was the public record or part of the public record concerned; and

shall have the same evidentiary value as if it was a copy of or extract from a public record in the office from which it was transferred certified to be a true copy or extract by any person authorized to do so by or under any Act or rule of law.

In subsection (2) a reference to a public office from which a public record was transferred includes a reference to—

the public office in which the record was originally made lodged registered or otherwise dealt with; and

any other public office to which the custody of the record was at any time transferred.