Part 6Miscellaneous
43AEvidence in proceedings
Subject to subsections (3) and (4), in any proceedings in respect of an offence against any provision of Part 5B or Part 5C or of any regulation made under section 48A, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Director-General or any officer authorised by the Director-General for that purpose to the effect that, on a date specified in the certificate, the defendant or other named person was not the holder of a fishing permit or dog control permit, as the case may be, shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be sufficient evidence of the matter stated in the certificate.
A copy of any licence or document granted or issued under this Act which is certified correct by the Director-General, or any officer of the Department duly authorised by the Director-General in that behalf, shall be sufficient, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to prove that licence or other document.
The production of any certificate or copy of any document for the purpose of this section purporting to be signed by any person authorised under this section to sign it shall be prima facie evidence of the certificate or copy without proof of the signature of the person appearing to have signed it.
The production of any certificate or copy of any document signed by the Director-General and certifying that the land upon which any offence is alleged to have taken place was included within a controlled dog area or an open dog area, as the case may be, shall be sufficient evidence that the land was within a controlled dog area or an open dog area, as the case may be.
Notes
- Section 43A: substituted, on , by section 5 of the Conservation Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 (1996 No 14).