Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MARRIAGE REGULATIONS 1963 - REG 71

         (1)   A certificate under the last preceding regulation in respect of a registration in the register is, for all purposes in connexion with which the legitimacy of the child is related, evidence that the child specified in the certificate is the legitimate child of the parents specified in the certificate, of the facts specified in the certificate and that the registration in respect of the child was duly made.

         (2)   A document purporting to be a certificate under the last preceding regulation and to have been duly signed and stamped with the stamp of the Registrar shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate and to have been duly issued.