Evidentiary certificates: records and authorisation
134 Evidentiary certificates: records and authorisation
A certificate may be issued under this section for any of the following purposes —
a prosecution for an offence under any written law;
any legal proceedings under this Act;
verification of the accuracy of information provided to an interstate towing authority under Part 5.
The CEO may issue a certificate stating that a fact specified in the certificate appears in or is derived from a record kept by the CEO under this Act.
The CEO may issue a certificate stating any of the following —
that on a specified date or during a specified period a person was or was not —
an authorised towing service provider; or
an authorised towing worker;
that on a specified date a specified towing industry authorisation was or was not granted, renewed, varied, suspended or cancelled.
A certificate purporting to be issued under this section is evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of any fact stated in the certificate.
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