(1) In this section
—
relevant officer means —
(a) the
Chief Health Officer; or
(b) the
chief executive officer of a local government; or
(c) for
an enforcement agency other than the Chief Health Officer or a local
government, the person prescribed by the regulations in respect of the
enforcement agency.
(2) In any proceedings
for an offence under this Act —
(a)
production of a copy of a code or other document that has been adopted by the
regulations, purporting to be signed by the Chief Health Officer certifying
that the copy is a true copy as at a specified date or during a specified
period, is evidence of the contents of the code or other document as at that
date or during that period; and
(b) a
document purporting to be a copy of any licence, registration, approval,
order, direction, notice or authority under this Act is evidence of that
licence, registration, approval, order, direction, notice or authority; and
(c) a
document purporting to be signed by the relevant officer and certifying any of
the following matters is evidence of the matter certified —
(i)
that at a specified time or during a specified period,
there was or was not in force any licence, registration, approval, order,
direction, notice or authority in relation to a specified person or persons or
specified premises;
(ii)
that at a specified time or during a specified period, a
licence, registration, approval, order, direction, notice or authority was or
was not subject to specified conditions;
(iii)
as to the receipt or otherwise of any notice, application
or payment;
(iv)
that any amount of fees, charges or other money is
payable under this Act by a specified person and has not been paid at the date
of the certificate.