Disability Services Act 2006
sec.204Evidentiary provisions
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sec.204 Evidentiary provisions
A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter— a stated document is 1 of the following things made, given, issued or kept under this Act— an appointment, approval or decision; a notice or requirement; a record, or an extract from a record; a stated document is another document kept under this Act; a stated document is a copy of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; on a stated day, a stated entity was given a stated notice under this Act; on a stated day, a stated requirement was made of a stated person. In a complaint starting a proceeding, a statement that the matter of complaint came to the complainant’s knowledge on a stated day is evidence of when the matter came to the complainant’s knowledge. s 204 amd 2014 No. 12 s 63; 2019 No. 19 s 81 sch 1 (sec.204-ssec.1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter— a stated document is 1 of the following things made, given, issued or kept under this Act— an appointment, approval or decision; a notice or requirement; a record, or an extract from a record; a stated document is another document kept under this Act; a stated document is a copy of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; on a stated day, a stated entity was given a stated notice under this Act; on a stated day, a stated requirement was made of a stated person. (sec.204-ssec.2) In a complaint starting a proceeding, a statement that the matter of complaint came to the complainant’s knowledge on a stated day is evidence of when the matter came to the complainant’s knowledge.
- (a) a stated document is 1 of the following things made, given, issued or kept under this Act— (i) an appointment, approval or decision; (ii) a notice or requirement; (iii) a record, or an extract from a record;
- (i) an appointment, approval or decision;
- (ii) a notice or requirement;
- (iii) a record, or an extract from a record;
- (b) a stated document is another document kept under this Act;
- (c) a stated document is a copy of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ;
- (d) on a stated day, a stated entity was given a stated notice under this Act;
- (e) on a stated day, a stated requirement was made of a stated person.
- (i) an appointment, approval or decision;
- (ii) a notice or requirement;
- (iii) a record, or an extract from a record;