Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 56

             (1)  A certificate by the Foreign Affairs Minister, or by an eligible person authorised by that Minister to make such a certificate, stating that:

                     (a)  specified waters were, at a specified time:

                              (i)  part of the high seas; or

                             (ii)  within the coastal sea of Australia; or

                     (b)  a specified place was, at a specified time, a place beyond the jurisdiction of any country;

is, for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence against this Part, evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.

             (2)  In this section:

"eligible person" means an SES employee in the Foreign Affairs Department.