South Australian Numbered Acts

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE ACT 2009 (NO 16 OF 2009) - SECT 70

70—Evidentiary provision

        (1)         In proceedings for an offence against this Act or in disciplinary proceedings under Part 4, an allegation in the complaint—

            (a)         that a person named in the complaint is or is not, or was or was not, on a specified date, registered on the register of architects;

            (b)         that the registration of a person named in the complaint is, or was on a specified date, subject to specified conditions;

            (c)         that a body corporate or partnership named in the complaint is or is not, or was or was not, on a specified date, registered on the register of architectural businesses;

            (d)         that a person named in the complaint is, or was on a specified date, an inspector,

must be accepted as proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.

        (2)         In legal proceedings, a document apparently certified by the Registrar to be a copy of a register under this Act, or a copy of a code of conduct or professional standard prepared or endorsed by the Board must be accepted as such in the absence of proof to the contrary.