Western Australian Current Acts

POLLUTION OF WATERS BY OIL AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES ACT 1987 - SECT 32

32 .         Evidentiary provisions

                In any proceedings for an offence against a provision of this Act —

            (a)         any record kept in pursuance of this Act is admissible as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the record; and

            (b)         a copy of an entry in such a record, being a copy certified by the person by whom the record is required to be kept to be a true copy of the entry, is admissible as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the entry; and

            (c)         a document purporting to be a record kept in pursuance of this Act, or purporting to be such a certified copy as referred to in paragraph (b), shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a record or certified copy, as the case may be.