Western Australian Numbered Acts

LEGAL PRACTICE ACT 2003 (NO. 64 OF 2003) - SECT 248

248 .         Evidentiary material

        (1)         A certificate issued by the Board that states that on a date or during a period specified in the certificate —

            (a)         a specified person was or was not the holder of a practice certificate;

            (b)         a specified practice certificate was or was not subject to a specified condition;

            (c)         a specified person was or was not a registered foreign lawyer; or

            (d)         a specified registered foreign lawyer was or was not subject to a specified condition,

                is admissible in any proceedings under Part 12 or other legal proceedings and is evidence of the fact or facts so stated.

        (2)         A certificate issued by a regulatory authority of another State that states that on a date or during a period specified in the certificate —

            (a)         a specified person was or was not the holder of an interstate practice certificate; or

            (b)         a specified interstate practice certificate was or was not subject to a specified condition,

                is admissible in any proceedings under Part 12 and in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the fact or facts so stated.

        (3)         A certificate issued by the Board that states that on a date or during a period specified in the certificate a person specified in the certificate was the holder of an office as —

            (a)         a member of the Board;

            (b)         a member of the Complaints Committee;

            (c)         a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal;

            (d)         the Registrar of the Disciplinary Tribunal;

            (e)         the secretary to the Board; or

            (f)         the Law Complaints Officer,

                is admissible in any proceedings under Part 12 and in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the facts so stated.

        (4)         A document signed by —

            (a)         the Law Complaints Officer;

            (b)         the chairperson of, or any 2 members present at, a meeting of the Complaints Committee; or

            (c)         the Registrar, chairperson, or any 2 members present at a meeting of, the Disciplinary Tribunal,

                and purporting to be a record or copy of the finding, order or report of the Complaints Committee or of the Disciplinary Tribunal, or to set out the nature of the power exercised and the manner in which it was exercised, must be admitted as a true copy of and evidence of the matters stated in the document.