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Maritime Transport Act 1994

General offences and provisions in relation to offences and appeals under this Act - General provisions in respect of offences

417: Evidence and proof

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When you are in court for something to do with the Maritime Transport Act, some rules apply. If someone from the Authority says a copy of a maritime document is correct, you can use it as proof. You do not need the original document, the copy is enough unless someone proves it is wrong. If the Director or someone they authorise signs a certificate, it is proof of what it says until someone proves it is wrong. You can assume that every certificate is genuine until someone proves it is not. The Authority can give you a certificate to prove you have a certain document or permit. You can use a copy of a rule made by the Minister or Director as proof it exists. This is enough proof unless someone shows it is wrong, and you can find these rules in section 37 or section 391. This helps you prove that the rule is real and was made correctly.

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Part 28General offences and provisions in relation to offences and appeals under this Act
General provisions in respect of offences

417Evidence and proof

  1. In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, the following provisions shall apply:

  2. a copy of any maritime document or marine protection document or permit which is certified correct by the Director or any other employee of the Authority authorised in that behalf by the Director shall be sufficient, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to prove that document:
    1. the production of a certificate signed by the Director or any other employee of the Authority authorised in that behalf by the Director to the effect that on a specified date a person or organisation was or was not the holder of any maritime document or marine protection document or any permit or any specified type of maritime document or marine protection document shall be sufficient evidence of the matter certified until the contrary is proved:
      1. until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that every certificate purporting to have been certified or given under this section has been certified or given by the Director or any other employee of the Authority authorised in that behalf by the Director to certify documents or give certificates under this section.

        1. Without limiting any other method of proof, the production in any proceedings of a copy of—

        2. any rule purporting to have been made by the Minister under this Act; or
          1. any rule purporting to have been made by the Director under section 37 or section 391—
              1. shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be sufficient evidence of the rule and the fact that it has been made in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Act.

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