Racing Integrity Act 2016

A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive or the commissioner stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

a stated document is a decision, direction or notice under this Act;

a stated thing is a thing that must or may be included in a register kept under this Act;

that a stated document is a document kept under this Act;

that a stated document is a copy of, or an extract from or part of, a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);

that on a stated day—

a stated person was given a stated decision, direction or notice under this Act; or

a stated person was the holder of a stated licence or approval; or

a stated direction or requirement under this Act was given to or made of a stated person.

A document purporting to be signed by a steward who was in charge of a race meeting held by a licensed club and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

on a stated day, or at a stated place, a race meeting was held or allotted to be held by the club;

a stated animal competed in, or had been entered to compete in, a race at the race meeting;

the times when, under a direction given by the steward, betting with racing bookmakers could take place at the race meeting.