Evidentiary provisions
87 Evidentiary provisions
A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—
a stated document is one of the following things made, given, issued or kept under this Act—
an appointment or decision;
a notice or requirement;
a record or report, or an extract from a record or report;
a stated document is another document kept under this 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, an appointment as an authorised person was, or was not, in force for a stated person;
on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated notice under this Act;
on a stated day, a stated requirement was made of a stated person;
a stated amount is payable under this Act by a stated person and has not been paid.
A certificate of analysis for a thing or sample taken for analysis under this Act stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matters—
the qualifications of the person (the analyst) who conducted the analysis;
the analyst received the thing from a stated person;
the thing was analysed at a stated place on a stated day or during a stated period;
the methodology used to analyse the thing;
the results of the analysis.
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