Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00086:section:10
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Provision Reference: s 10
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10  Evidence relating to Convention
 (1) For the purposes of this Part, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Department and stating that a country specified in the certificate is, or was at a time so specified, a Convention country is, upon mere production, receivable in any proceedings as prima facie evidence of that fact.
 (2) For the purposes of this Part, a copy of the Gazette containing a Proclamation fixing a date under subsection 2(2) is, upon mere production, receivable in any proceedings as prima facie evidence of:
 (a) the fact that Australia has acceded to the Convention; and
 (b) the fact that the Convention entered into force for Australia on or before the date so fixed.