Certificates to be evidence
223 Certificates to be evidence
In a proceeding for an offence against this Act or the regulations, the following certificates are evidence of the matters stated in the relevant certificate—
a certificate signed by the Executive Director stating that a person named in the certificate is an inspector under this Act;
a certificate signed by the Executive Director stating that a place or object is included in the Heritage Register;
a certificate signed by the Executive Director stating that a permit has not been issued under Part 5 in relation to a particular place or object;
a certificate signed by the Executive Director stating that no consent under section 124 has been given in a particular case;
a certificate signed by the Minister administering the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 to the effect that any land is Crown land;
a certificate signed by the Executive Director to the effect that an item is an archaeological artefact;
in the case of a proceeding for an offence against this Act or the regulations, a certificate signed by the Executive Director stating—
(i) that a place specified in a certificate is a place in Victorian waters or in a specified protected zone; or
that a shipwreck or shipwreck artefact is a registered shipwreck, historic shipwreck, registered shipwreck artefact or historic shipwreck artefact.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulations 2017 · under sections 255 and 256
- Heritage Regulations 2017 · under sections 255 and 256
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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