Evidentiary matters
199 Evidentiary matters
A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive or an authorised officer and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—
a stated document is 1 of the following things made, given, issued or kept under this Act—
an appointment, approval or decision;
a direction, notice or requirement;
a permit or other authority;
a record or other document;
a stated document is of a stated type mentioned in paragraph (a) and made, given, issued or kept under another Act;
a stated document is a copy of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);
on a stated day, or during a stated period, a stated person was, or was not, the holder of a stated permit or other authority;
a stated permit or other authority—
was, or was not, issued for a stated term; or
was, or was not, in force on a stated day or during a stated period; or
was, or was not, subject to a stated condition;
on a stated day, or during a stated period, a stated permit or other authority was suspended for a stated period or was cancelled;
on a stated day, or during a stated period, an appointment as an authorised officer was, or was not, in force for a stated person;
on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated direction, notice or requirement under this Act;
a stated amount is payable under this Act by a stated person and has not been paid.
Evidence that a regulatory notice or a restricted access area notice was erected or displayed at a place is evidence the notice was erected or displayed at the place by the chief executive.
A statement in a complaint starting the proceeding of any of the following matters is evidence of the matters—
that the matter of the complaint came to the knowledge of the complainant on a stated day;
that the place where the offence was committed was in a stated recreation area or in a restricted access area in a stated recreation area.
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