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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 286

286 .         Documentary evidence of certain matters

        (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.



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