Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431:section:49
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 49
Character Range: 133380–134920

49  Evidence of whether computer program is functioning correctly

Issue of notices
 (1) In citizenship proceedings, a notice signed by an authorised person stating whether or not a specified computer program was functioning correctly:
 (a) at a specified time or during a specified period; and
 (b) in relation to specified outcomes from the operation of that program under an arrangement made under subsection 48(1);
is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the notice.

Ministerial authorisations
 (2) The Minister may, by writing, authorise a person to issue notices under this section.
 (3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, authorise a class of persons to issue notices under this section.

Definitions
 (4) In this section:
authorised person means:
 (a) an APS employee in the Department; or
 (b) a person authorised under subsection (2) to issue notices under this section; or
 (c) any person who is included in a class of persons authorised under subsection (3) to issue notices under this section.
citizenship proceedings means:
 (a) proceedings in a court (including criminal proceedings) that relate to this Act (including an offence against this Act); or
 (b) proceedings that relate to an application for review under section 52.
functioning correctly: a computer program is functioning correctly if:
 (a) outcomes from its operation comply with this Act and the regulations; and
 (b) those outcomes would be valid if they were made by the Minister otherwise than by the operation of the computer program.