238Evidentiary certificates

238 Evidentiary certificates

(1)  In this section –

given includes served;

instrument includes, but is not limited to, a control order, emergency order or biosecurity certificate.

(2)  A certificate that is issued by the Secretary and that states any of the following matters is admissible as evidence in any legal proceedings as evidence of the matters so stated:

(a) that an instrument was issued, made, granted or given under this Act, or signed, on a specified day, by a specified person;

(b) the terms of any instrument issued, made, granted or given, or purported to be issued, made, granted or given, under this Act, as in force on a specified day or during a specified period;

(c) that an instrument issued, made, granted or given under this Act was amended or revoked, the day on which it was amended or revoked, and the terms of any amendment;

(d) the terms of any approved form, on a specified day or during a specified period;

(e) the terms of any application made under this Act;

(f) that a function was delegated under this Act, including the following:

(i) the person or persons to whom the function was delegated;

(ii) the date of the delegation;

(iii) the period during which the delegation had effect;

(iv) the terms of the delegation, including any restrictions or limitations on the delegation;

(g) that a person who made, gave, granted or issued, or purported to make, give, grant or issue, an instrument under this Act was the holder of a specified office on a specified day or during a specified period;

(h) that a person was or was not authorised under this Act (including as a delegate) to perform specified functions under this Act, on a specified day or during a specified period;

(i) that a person was or was not, on a specified day or during a specified period, a registered entity under this Act;