Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 52

52 Proof of registers of British vessels etc.

(1) Every register of a vessel kept under any of the Act s relating to the registry of British vessels may be proved by the production of—

(a) the original; or

(b) an examined copy of the original; or

(c) a copy purporting to be certified as a true copy under the hand of the person having the charge of the original.

(2) A person having the charge of the original of such register is required to furnish such certified copy to any person applying at a reasonable time for the same upon payment of such fee (if any) as is prescribed by law.

(3) Every—

(a) such register or such copy of a register; and

(b) certificate of registry granted under any of the said Acts relating to the registry of British vessels and purporting to be signed as required by law;

shall be admissible in evidence of—

(c) all the matters contained or recited in such register when the register or such copy of the register is produced; and

(d) all the matters contained recited in or endorsed on such certificate of registry when the said certificate is produced.