(1) All courts must take judicial notice of:
(a) the signature of a person who is, or has been:
(i) the Designated Authority for an offshore area; or
(ii) a delegate of the Designated Authority for an offshore area; and
(b) the fact that the person is, or was at a particular time:
(i) the Designated Authority for that offshore area; or
(ii) a delegate of the Designated Authority for that offshore area.
(2) In this section:
"court" includes a person authorised to receive evidence:
(a) by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(b) by consent of parties.