(1) This section applies to the following—
(a) proceedings under section 122 (application to VCAT for review of a public health order);
(b) proceedings under section 196 (application for an injunction to compel compliance with, or to restrain a contravention of, an improvement notice or a prohibition notice);
(c) proceedings under section 208 (appeal against an improvement notice or a prohibition notice);
(d) proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations brought under section 219(1).
(2) A certificate signed by the Secretary stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—
(a) a stated document is one of the following things made, given or issued under this Act or the regulations—
(i) an appointment or a decision;
(ii) a notice, direction or requirement;
(iii) a registration, licence or authority;
(iv) a record or an extract from a record;
(v) a register or an extract from a register;
(b) a stated document is a copy of a thing referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) on a stated day, or during a stated period, a stated person was or was not the holder of a registration, licence or authority;
(d) on a stated day, or during a stated period, a registration, licence or authority—
(i) was or was not in force; or
(ii) was or was not subject to a stated condition;
(e) on a stated day, or during a stated period, a registration or licence was suspended;
(f) on a stated day a registration or licence was cancelled, varied, transferred or surrendered;
(g) on a stated day, or during a stated period, an appointment as an authorised officer or analyst was, or was not, in force for a stated person;
(h) on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated notice or direction under this Act;
(i) on a stated day, a stated requirement was made of a stated person;
(j) a stated amount is payable under this Act or the regulations by a stated person and has not been paid.