Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00819:section:58ha
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00819
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 58HA
Character Range: 379912–381618

58HA  Admissibility of certain matters
 (1) Each of the following documents is to be received in all courts and proceedings as prima facie evidence of their contents:
 (a) a bail order;
 (b) a bail undertaking;
 (c) a third party security undertaking;
 (d) a notice referred to in subparagraph 58DE(2)(a)(ii) (about change of address) given by the accused to the Court.
 (2) A copy, certified by an officer of the Court, of a document referred to in subsection (1) is admissible in evidence in all courts and proceedings without further proof or production of the original.
Note: This means that a certified copy is to be received in all courts and proceedings as prima facie evidence of the original's contents.
 (3) An officer of the Court may issue a written certificate stating that:
 (a) a condition specified in a bail order:
 (i) has not been varied; or
 (ii) has been varied in a specified way; or
 (b) a notice was given under subsection 58FB(2) to a specified person in a specified way on a specified day; or
 (c) the accused did not appear in person before the Court:
 (i) at a specified place; or
 (ii) on a specified day or during a specified period; or
 (d) the accused did not notify the Court of a change in the accused's residential address; or
 (e) the accused notified the Court of a change in the accused's residential address:
 (i) to a specified address; and
 (ii) on a specified day.
 (4) The certificate is to be received in all courts and proceedings as prima facie evidence of the statements in the certificate.
 (5) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (3) is taken to be such a certificate and to have been duly given, unless the contrary is established.