Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011

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

on a stated day a stated waste levy amount was payable by a stated person;

on a stated day a stated person was given a stated notice or direction under this Act;

a stated amount that is or was payable under this Act by a stated person had or had not been paid by the person on a stated day;

a stated document is a copy of a document issued, given, received or kept by the chief executive under this Act;

on a stated day, or during a stated period, a stated person was or was not the holder of an approval, agreement, extension or other authority given under this Act;

on a stated day, or during a stated period, a stated person was or was not the holder of an environmental approval or other authority given under the Environmental Protection Act;

an approval, agreement, extension or other authority given under this Act or an environmental approval or other authority given under the Environmental Protection Act—

was or was not issued or given 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;

the reasonable costs incurred by the chief executive in investigating and prosecuting an offence.

In a proceeding for an offence against this Act, the production by the prosecutor of a certificate purporting to be signed by an appropriately qualified person (the analyst) and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter stated in the certificate—

the analyst received from a stated person the sample mentioned in the certificate;

the analyst analysed the sample on a stated day and at a stated place;

the results of the analysis.