Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990
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sec.40 Proceedings
A person who commits an offence against this Act may be prosecuted in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 on the complaint of an officer of the department authorised generally or in a particular case by the Minister. The identity of the complainant and the complainant’s authority to lay the complaint, as stated in the complaint, is to be presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary. s 40 amd 2007 No. 37 s 48 (sec.40-ssec.1) A person who commits an offence against this Act may be prosecuted in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 on the complaint of an officer of the department authorised generally or in a particular case by the Minister. (sec.40-ssec.2) The identity of the complainant and the complainant’s authority to lay the complaint, as stated in the complaint, is to be presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.