South Australian Numbered Acts

HYDROPONICS INDUSTRY CONTROL ACT 2009 (NO 49 OF 2009) - SECT 36

36—Evidentiary provision

        (1)         In proceedings for an offence against this Act, 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, the holder of a hydroponic equipment dealer's licence; or

            (b)         that a person named in the complaint is or is not, or was or was not on a specified date, approved as a hydroponics industry employee; or

            (c)         that a specified person is or is not, or was or was not on a specified date, an authorised officer; or

            (d)         that equipment specified in the complaint was prescribed equipment,

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

        (2)         In any legal proceedings, a document apparently certified by the Commissioner to be a licence, approval or other document issued under this Act, or to be a copy of such a licence, approval or other document, will be accepted as such in the absence of proof to the contrary.