Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) a public record, or information in a public record, is admissible in evidence in a legal proceeding on its production from proper custody; and
(b) the public record is in the custody of the archives.
(2) If the archives produces the public record, or a copy of or extract from the public record, it is taken to have been produced from proper custody.
(3) The archivist, or a member of the staff of the archives authorised by the archivist, may give a certificate about the origin, history, nature or contents of a public record in the custody of the archives.
(4) The certificate is admissible in evidence in a legal proceeding as evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.