Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800:section:271:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 271 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 928756–931353

271  Proof of certain matters
 (1) In migration proceedings:
 (a) official documents of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, and letters and telegrams, or copies of letters and telegrams, and affidavits produced out of official custody and purporting to have been sent or made by an officer, are, if they contain information or statements upon matters relevant to the proceedings, admissible as evidence of that information or of the matters stated; and
 (b) a certificate signed by an officer stating that:
 (i) at a time, or during a period, specified in the certificate a specified person was, or was not, the holder of, a visa that was in effect; or
 (ii) a specified visa was granted subject to specified conditions or to a specified limitation as to period;
  is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate; and
 (c) the production out of official custody of a document purporting to be a report made by the master, owner, charterer or agent of a vessel to an officer as to a matter relevant to the operation of this Act is prima facie evidence that the document is such a report; and
 (d) a list of passengers in a vessel, or a passenger card relating to a passenger in a vessel, furnished in accordance with the regulations, is prima facie evidence that the person named on the list or card as the operator of the vessel is the operator of the vessel; and
 (e) a notation in a person's passport specifying a proclaimed airport and date (being a notation made by an authorised officer in a form approved by the Minister) is prima facie evidence that the person was immigration cleared on that date; and
 (f) a notation in a person's passport to the effect that the person departed on a specified pre‑cleared flight from a specified foreign country on a specified date (being a notation made by an authorised officer in a form approved by the Minister) is prima facie evidence that the person entered Australia on that pre‑cleared flight; and
 (g) for the purpose of proving that a person entered Australia on, or left Australia in, an aircraft (whether or not the person travelled to Australia on a pre‑cleared flight), a certified printout of the relevant movement records is prima facie evidence of the matters contained in the printout; and
 (h) for the purpose of proving that a person entered Australia on, or left Australia on, a vessel, a list of any passengers on that vessel, or a passenger card relating to a passenger on that vessel, furnished in accordance with the regulations is admissible in evidence, and production of such a list or passenger card