South Australian Numbered Acts

IRRIGATION ACT 2009 (NO 13 OF 2009) - SECT 67

67—Evidentiary provisions

        (1)         An allegation by the prosecution in proceedings for an offence against this Act that on a particular day, or during a particular period, the defendant (or any other person) was or was not—

            (a)         the owner or occupier of a particular land; or

            (b)         authorised to take water for irrigation or other purposes under this Act; or

            (c)         an authorised officer,

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

        (2)         An allegation by an irrigation trust in proceedings for the recovery of charges or other money as to—

            (a)         the amount of those charges or other money; or

            (b)         the ownership or occupation of land,

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

        (3)         The production, in legal proceedings under this Act, of a paper that purports to be a particular newspaper published on a particular day must be accepted as evidence that the newspaper was published in that form on that day.