New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 2016 - SECT 13.31

13.31 Certificate evidence of certain matters

(1) A document signed by the Environment Agency Head (or by an officer prescribed by the regulations) and certifying any one or more of the relevant matters specified in subsection (2) is admissible in criminal or civil proceedings under this Act and (in the absence of evidence to the contrary) is evidence of the matters so certified.

(2) The relevant matters are as follows--

(a) that a specified person was, at a specified time or during a specified period, a landholder of specified land,

(b) that specified particulars were or were not included in a public register under Division 2 of Part 9 at a specified time or during a specified period,

(c) that a specified person was served with a specified document under this Act or the native vegetation legislation,

(d) that specified information required to be furnished under this Act or the native vegetation legislation was or was not received,

(e) that a specified function of the Minister or the Environment Agency Head was delegated to a specified person under this Act during a specified period,

(f) that a specified person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, an authorised officer under Part 12 or an employee of a specified public authority,

(g) that a specified native vegetation regulatory map published under Part 5A of the Local Land Services Act 2013 was duly prepared and published in accordance with that Part,

(h) any other matter prescribed by the regulations.