Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2004 - SECT 121

In any proceedings for an offence against this Act or the Regulations:

        (a)     a document purporting to be a copy of any registration, approval, notice, order or authority under this Act is evidence of that registration, approval, notice, order or authority;

        (b)     a document purporting to be signed by the Chief Health Officer certifying that at a specified time or during a specified period:

            (i)     there was or was not in force a registration, approval, notice, order or authority in relation to a specified person; or

            (ii)     that a registration, approval, notice, order or authority was or was not subject to specified conditions,

    is evidence of the matters contained in the document; and

        (c)     a document purporting to be signed by the Chief Health Officer certifying:

            (i)     as to the receipt or otherwise of a notice, application or payment; or

            (ii)     that an amount of fees or other money is payable under this Act by a specified person and has at the date of the certificate not been paid,

    is evidence of the matters contained in the document.