South Australian Consolidated Regulations

ADOPTION REGULATIONS 2004 - REG 25

25—Evidentiary

        (1)         In any proceedings under the Act, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a consent to adoption given under these regulations will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be taken to be a valid consent to adoption given under these regulations.

        (2)         In any proceedings under the Act, an apparently genuine document purporting to be signed by—

            (a)         the Chief Executive; or

            (b)         a person to whom functions and powers of the Chief Executive under the Act or these regulations have been delegated; or

            (c)         a person who, under the law of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth, is entitled to exercise functions and powers corresponding to functions and powers of the Chief Executive under the Act or these regulations,

will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be taken to have been so signed.

        (3)         In any proceedings under the Act, a certificate as to a delegation apparently signed by the Chief Executive will be accepted, in the absence of proof to the contrary, as proof of the delegation.