Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987 - SECT 7

Evidence of certain matters

7. Evidence of certain matters



(1) A document purporting to be a notice issued by the Minister and published
in the Government Gazette, or a document purporting to be a notice issued by a
Minister of State for the Commonwealth and published in the Commonwealth of
Australia Gazette, or a document certified by an Australian lawyer (within the
meaning of the Legal Profession Act 2004) to be a true copy of such a notice-



   (a)  declaring that the Convention has entered or will enter into force,
        with effect from a specified date, in respect of a specified country;
        or

   (b)  declaring that a specified country has made a declaration under Part
        IV of the Convention and specifying details of that declaration,
        including the date the declaration took or will take effect; or

   (c)  declaring that a specified country has denounced the Convention or
        Part II or III of the Convention and specifying the date the
        denunciation took or will take effect-

is evidence of the matters contained in the document.



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