Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:56
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 56
Character Range: 1319168–1319839

56  Evidence of certain matters
 (1) A certificate by the Foreign Affairs Minister, or by an eligible person authorised by that Minister to make such a certificate, stating that:
 (a) specified waters were, at a specified time:
 (i) part of the high seas; or
 (ii) within the coastal sea of Australia; or
 (b) a specified place was, at a specified time, a place beyond the jurisdiction of any country;
is, for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence against this Part, evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.
 (2) In this section:
eligible person means an SES employee in the Foreign Affairs Department.

Part VIIA—Offences relating to postal services