Fisheries Act 1996

Registration of transfers, mortgages, caveats, etc - Correction of registers

166: Certified copies of register to be evidence

You could also call this:

"A certified copy of a record is proof that the details are correct."

You can get a certified copy of a record from the register if you ask and pay the fee. The chief executive will give you this copy. It must be signed and sealed to be used as evidence. You can use this certified copy to prove something is true. It is accepted as evidence for all purposes. This means it is proof that the details on the copy are correct. There is one exception to this rule. It does not apply to records entered according to section 128(1)(g). This section has rules about what can be entered into the register.

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165: Correction of register, or

"Fixing mistakes in the fisheries register"

167: Registrar not bound to attend court or produce register without court order, or

"The registrar doesn't have to go to court or show records unless the court says so."

Part 8Registration of transfers, mortgages, caveats, etc
Correction of registers

166Certified copies of register to be evidence

The chief executive shall, upon application and payment of the prescribed fee (if any), provide to any person a certified copy of any record in the register.
Every such certified copy in hard copy form signed by or on behalf of the chief executive, and sealed with the chief executive's seal, shall be received in evidence for all purposes as conclusive evidence that the particulars shown on the certified copy have been duly registered.
This section does not apply to any record entered on a register in accordance with section 128(1)(g).

Compare

1989 No 148 s 30

Notes

Section 166(1): amended, on 9 September 1999, pursuant to section 90(2) of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).
Section 166(2): amended, on 9 September 1999, pursuant to section 90(2) of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).