South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts11—Certificates about ownership of land
(1) In proceedings
under a State taxing law (or purporting to be under a State taxing law) in
which any question arises as to whether a place is a Commonwealth place, a
certificate in writing given by an authorised person about any of the
following matters relating to land is evidence of the matters stated in the
certificate—
(a) the
ownership of the land, or of an estate or interest in the land, on a date or
during a period specified in the certificate;
(b) the
existence and ownership of a right in respect of the land, on a date or during
a period specified in the certificate.
(2) A document that
purports to be a certificate referred to in subsection (1) is to be
regarded as being such a certificate, and to have been duly given, unless the
contrary is proved.
(3) In this
section—
"authorised person" means a person who is a delegate, in respect of any power
or function, under section 139 of the Lands Acquisition Act 1989 of the
Commonwealth.