103Evidence in proceedings

103 Evidence in proceedings In proceedings for an offence against this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by the executive director to the following effect is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, evidence of the matter stated in the certificate: (a) that a specified day was within: (i) a fire danger period; or (ii) a fire ban period; (b) that a specified area of land was, at a specified time, within: (i) a fire protection zone; or (ii) a fire management zone; or (iii) a fire management area; or (iv) a fire danger area; or (v) a fire ban area; (c) that a specified fire was a fire the lighting of which had been prohibited under section 80(1) or 85(1) on the land on which it was burning; (d) that a specified person was, on a specified day, a fire control officer, fire warden or authorised bushfire volunteer.