(1) Proof is not required about the provisions and coming into operation (in whole or in part) of:
(a) a New Zealand Act or an Imperial Act in force in New Zealand; or
(b) a regulation, rule or by - law made, or purporting to be made, under such an Act; or
(c) a Proclamation or order made, or purporting to be made, by the Governor - General of New Zealand under such an Act; or
(d) an instrument of a legislative character (for example, a rule of court) made, or purporting to be made, under such an Act, being an instrument that is required by or under a law to be published, or the making of which is required by or under a law to be notified, in the New Zealand Gazette .
(2) The Australian court, or the person or body , may inform
itself about those matters in any way that it considers appropriate.