Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 72A

    (1)     In a proceeding under the road transport legislation, a certificate that appears to be signed by or on behalf of an owner of land, or a representative of the owner, and states any of the following matters, is evidence of the matter:

        (a)     that an area of the land is or is not a road;

        (b)     that an area of the land is, or is not, open to or used by the public for driving, riding or parking vehicles;

        (c)     that a person was, on a stated date, the owner of the land, or a representative of the owner.

    (2)     A court must accept a certificate mentioned in subsection (1) as proof of the matters stated in it if there is no evidence to the contrary.

    (3)     In this section:

"owner", of land, includes the lessee or occupier of the land.