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Radiocommunications Act 1989

Registration

30: Certified copies of register to be evidence

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"A certified copy of a record is proof that the details are correct and can be used in court."

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You can get a certified copy of a record from the register if you ask for it and pay the fee. The Registrar will give you the copy. You can use this copy as evidence that the details on it are correct. You can use the certified copy in court or for other official purposes. It proves that the information on it has been registered correctly. There is one exception: the Registrar does not have to give you a copy if you are not allowed to see the original record, as stated in section 28(3). This rule does not apply to radio licences. The Registrar will sign the certified copy to confirm it is genuine. This makes the copy official evidence of the registered details. You can rely on it being accurate.

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Part 3Registration

30Certified copies of register to be evidence

  1. The Registrar shall, upon application and payment of the prescribed fee (if any), furnish to any person a certified copy of any record in the register.

  2. Every such certified copy signed by the Registrar shall be received in evidence for all purposes as conclusive evidence that the particulars shown on the certified copy have been duly registered.

  3. Nothing in subsection (1) requires the Registrar to furnish to any person a certified copy of any record if permission to search that record has been or could be declined to that person pursuant to section 28(3).

  4. This section does not apply to records of radio licences.

Notes
  • Section 30(1): amended, on , by section 136 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).
  • Section 30(2): amended, on , by section 9 of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 111).
  • Section 30(3): amended, on , by section 14(1) of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8).
  • Section 30(4): added, on , by section 14(2) of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8).