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148 Evidentiary certificates
In a proceeding before a court or the ACAT—
(a) a document purporting to be a copy of a notice under this Act
and certified as a true copy by the construction occupations
registrar or of a person authorised in writing by the registrar
must be received in evidence and must be taken without further
proof to be a true copy of the notice; and
(b) a notice certified as a true copy under this section must be taken,
unless the contrary is proved, to have been given by the person
purporting to give it and to have been given on the date stated in
the certified copy of the notice; and
(c) a document purporting to be a certificate given by the
construction occupations registrar and certifying that there was
a building approval in force for stated building work on a stated
date or during a stated period is evidence that on the stated date
or during the stated period the building approval was in force;
and
(d) a document purporting to be a certificate given by the
construction occupations registrar and certifying that there was
no building approval in force for stated building work on a stated
date or during a stated period is evidence that on the stated date
or during the stated period no building approval was in force for
(e) a certificate signed by the construction occupations registrar
certifying that a document attached to the certificate is a true
copy of plans approved by the registrar under this Act or of a
part of such plans is evidence of the plans or of the part as so
approved; and
(f) a certificate signed by the construction occupations registrar and
certifying that, at a stated date a certificate of occupancy had not
been issued for a stated building or a stated part of the building
is evidence that, at that date, a certificate of occupancy had not
been issued for the building or part of a building.