Northern Territory Numbered Acts

BUSHFIRES MANAGEMENT ACT 2016 (NO 14 OF 2016) - SECT 103

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.