Evidence in proceedings
103 Evidence in proceedings
In proceedings for an offence against this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by the executive director to the following effect is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, evidence of the matter stated in the certificate:
that a specified day was within:
a fire danger period; or
a fire ban period;
that a specified area of land was, at a specified time, within:
a fire protection zone; or
a fire management zone; or
a fire management area; or
a fire danger area; or
a fire ban area;
(c) that a specified fire was a fire the lighting of which had been prohibited under section 80(1) or 85(1) on the land on which it was burning;
(d) that a specified person was, on a specified day, a fire control officer, fire warden or authorised bushfire volunteer.
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