Forestry Act 1950

In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, any permit under this Act and the conditions to which the permit is or was subject may be proved by production of a copy of the permit.

In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a copy of a permit granted under this Act and to be signed by an officer authorised to grant such a permit will be taken to be a copy of such a permit in the absence of proof to the contrary.

In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, if it is alleged—

that a person was at the relevant time a forest warden; or

that the act or omission subject to the charge related to or took place on specified forest reserve land, the matter alleged will be taken to be proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.