In proceedings under
this Act, a court may receive as evidence of the facts stated in it a document
purporting to be either the original or a certified copy of —
(a) a
certificate, entry or record of a birth, death or marriage alleged to have
taken place whether in Australia or elsewhere; or
(b) an
entry in a register of parentage information kept under the law of the
Commonwealth or of a State, Territory or prescribed overseas jurisdiction.