62Evidentiary provisions

62 Evidentiary provisions

(1)  In this section –

specified means specified in a certificate made under this section.

(2)  In any proceedings, a certificate or other document purporting to be signed by the State Controller in relation to any of the following matters is evidence of the matters specified in it:

(a) whether or not an authorisation under section 40 , or a declaration of a state of emergency under section 42 , was in effect during a specified period or on a specified day in respect of the whole of Tasmania or a specified region or specified place;

(b) whether or not a specified person was an authorised officer during a specified period or on a specified day;

(c) whether or not a specified authorised officer was entitled to exercise specified powers during a specified period or on a specified day under an authorisation under section 40 , or a declaration of a state of emergency under section 42 .

(3)  In any proceedings, a certificate or document purporting to be signed by the Director in relation to any of the following matters is evidence of the matters specified in it:

(a) whether or not a specified person was a member, including a voluntary member, of the State Emergency Service during a specified period or on a specified day;

(b) whether or not an organisation was an affiliated organisation during a specified period or on a specified day.

(4)  In any proceedings, a document –

(a) purporting to be a delegation by the Minister or a person referred to in section 30 of functions or powers to another person; and

(b) purporting to be signed by the Minister or that person referred to in section 30  –

is evidence that the document is such a delegation and of the matters specified in it.