Evidence of ownership of motor vehicle
10 Evidence of ownership of motor vehicle
In a prosecution for an offence, a certificate issued by a person authorised under an Act (including an Act of the Commonwealth or a
State or another Territory of the Commonwealth) to issue the certificate stating:
that a specified person was the registered owner of a specified motor vehicle on a specified date;
that a specified person was recorded as the new owner of a specified motor vehicle on and from a specified date in a record of a notice of disposal in respect of the motor vehicle; or
if the specified motor vehicle is not registered at the time of issuing the certificate – that a specified person was the last registered owner of the motor vehicle to and including a specified date,
is evidence of the matters set out in the certificate and a court is to assume that the certificate was duly issued.
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