Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00565:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00565
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 21258–22262

17  Signing and sealing documents
 (1) If the Registrar causes (by stamp, machine imprint or some other method authorised by the regulations) a facsimile of:
 (a) the Registrar's signature; and
 (b) the relevant State or Territory seal;
to appear on:
 (c) a document (including a Certificate of Death Abroad and an entry in the Register) under this Act; or
 (d) a copy or extract made under this Act;
the Registrar is taken to have:
 (e) signed the document, copy or extract; and
 (f) sealed the document, copy or extract with the relevant State or Territory seal.
 (2) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially must:
 (a) take judicial notice of the relevant State or Territory seal appearing on:
 (i) a document (including a Certificate of Death Abroad and an entry in the Register) under this Act; or
 (ii) a copy or extract made under this Act; and
 (b) in the absence of proof to the contrary, presume the document, copy or extract was duly sealed with the relevant State or Territory seal.