61Other evidence

61 Other evidence

(1)  In any proceedings for an offence against this Act –

(a) an averment in a complaint that a specified person was the owner of a dog or that any dog was at any specified time unregistered is evidence of those matters; and

(b) the onus of proving that a dog was registered at the material time or was under the age of 6 months is on the person making that assertion; and

(ba) [Section 61 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 2017, s. 30, Applied:20 Dec 2017] [Section 61 Subsection (1) amended by No. 53 of 2019, s. 12, Applied:18 Dec 2019] a sample from a dog, collected and analysed in accordance with section 19AA or section 19AC , is evidence of the identity of that dog; and

(c) a microchip implanted in a dangerous dog is evidence of the identity of that dog.

(2)  Except as provided in section 11(2) , a dog without a collar bearing a registration disc is taken to be an unregistered dog.

(3)  Proof that a person is the occupier of any premises where a dog is kept is evidence that the person is the owner of the dog.

(4)  In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, a copy of, or extract from, any entry in a register certified by the general manager is evidence of the matters so certified.