Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) In a legal proceeding, a certificate purporting to be signed by the principal of a school stating that the student named in it did or did not attend that school on the date or dates specified in the certificate is evidence of the matters specified.
(2) In a legal proceeding, a certificate purporting to be signed by an authorised person and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter:
(a) a specified person is a parent of a specified child;
(b) a specified person has daily care and control of a specified child;
(c) a specified child is of, above, or under, a specified age or was, at a specified time, of, above or under a specified age;
(d) at a specified time a specified child was or was not enrolled in a specified school;
(e) a specified person is or was, at a specified time, the principal of a specified school;
(f) at a specified time instruction was provided for a specified student at a specified school.