Certificate concerning litter offences

Current

S. 339 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).

(1)

In proceedings under Part 6.3, a certificate given by a litter authority stating—

(a)

that a specified person is, or was on a specified date, a litter enforcement officer; or

(b)

that land is, or was on a specified date, or that waters are, or were on a specified date, under the control or management of the litter authority—

is evidence of that fact.

(2)

All Courts and persons acting judicially—

(a)

must take judicial notice of the signature or seal of a litter authority affixed to the certificate; and

(b)

must, until the contrary is proved, presume that the signature or seal was properly affixed.

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