CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 415 Evidentiary certificates

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 415

(1)     In a proceeding under this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by a police officer stating that—

        (a)     he or she was, on a date or during a period stated in the certificate, an authorised officer; and

        (b)     on the date stated in the certificate, he or she consented to the prosecution of the person named in the certificate for the offence stated in the certificate and that consent has not been revoked;

is evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

(2)     In a proceeding under this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive stating—

        (a)     that, on a date or during a period stated in the certificate, the chief executive had parental responsibility for the person named in the certificate is evidence of the matters stated in the certificate; or

        (b)     that—

              (i)     on the date stated in the certificate, the person named in the certificate was committed to the shelter, institution or State institution named in the certificate; and

              (ii)     on the date stated in the certificate, the period for which the person was so committed had not expired or been reduced; and

              (iii)     on the date or during the period stated in the certificate, the chief executive had not granted leave of absence to the person or had granted the leave of absence at the times or during the periods stated in the certificate;

is evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.