Queensland Consolidated Acts

PROSTITUTION ACT 1999 - SECT 132

132 Evidentiary provision

(1) This section applies to a proceeding under this Act.

(2) The appointment or power of the Minister, the commissioner, a member of the Authority or an authorised officer of a relevant local government must be presumed unless a party, by reasonable notice, requires proof of—

(a) the person’s appointment; or

(b) the person’s power to do anything under this Act.

(3) A signature purporting to be a signature of the Minister, the commissioner, a member of the Authority or an authorised officer of a relevant local government is evidence of the signature it purports to be.

(4) A statement by the prosecutor or the informant stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

(a) a person’s address, telephone number or post office box number;

(b) a person’s age at the time of an offence.

(5) A certificate purporting to be signed by the executive director and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

(a) that a specified document is a licence or copy of a licence, or a certificate or a copy of a certificate, granted under this Act;

(b) that on a specified day, or during a specified period, a person was or was not a licensee or an approved manager of a specified brothel;

(c) that a licence or certificate—

(i) was or was not issued for a specified term; or

(ii) was or was not in force on a specified day or during a specified period;

(d) that a document is a copy of a record kept under this Act;

(e) that an annual licence fee or an annual licence return fee was not paid by the prescribed day;

(f) that an annual certificate fee or an annual return fee was not paid by the prescribed day.