CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 882 Evidentiary certificates—director-general—custody etc

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 882

    (1)     A certificate that appears to be signed by the director-general that states any of the following is evidence of the matter:

        (a)     that a stated person was, or was not, subject to detention on a stated day;

        (b)     that a stated person was, or was not, in the director-general's custody on a stated day;

        (c)     that a stated young offender subject to full-time detention did not comply with a stated obligation of the detention;

        (d)     that the director-general gave a stated direction to a stated person on a stated day;

        (e)     that a stated person did not comply with a stated direction by the director-general on a stated day;

        (f)     that a stated decision was made by the director-general on a stated date;

        (g)     that a stated person did, or did not, occupy a position under this Act on a stated day;

        (h)     that a stated instrument under this Act was, or was not, in force on a stated day;

              (i)     that a stated instrument is a copy of an instrument made, given, issued or received under this Act.

    (2)     A certificate mentioned in subsection (1) may state a matter by reference to a date or period.

    (3)     A certificate of the results of the analysis of a substance under this Act, signed by an analyst appointed under section 883, is evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.

    (4)     A certificate signed by or for the director-general that states any matter prescribed by regulation is evidence of the stated matter.

    (5)     A court must accept a certificate or other document mentioned in this section as proof of the matters stated in it if there is no evidence to the contrary.