In proceedings for an offence against this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by the executive director to the following effect is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, evidence of the matter stated in the certificate:
(a) that a specified day was within:
(i) a fire danger period; or
(ii) a fire ban period;
(b) that a specified area of land was, at a specified time, within:
(i) a fire protection zone; or
(ii) a fire management zone; or
(iii) a fire management area; or
(iv) a fire danger area; or
(v) a fire ban area;
(c) that a specified fire was a fire the lighting of which had been prohibited under section 80 (1) or 2016_17355.html#_Ref441093651">85 (1) on the land on which it was burning;
(d) that a specified person was, on a specified day, a fire control officer, fire warden or authorised bushfire volunteer.