Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Wildlife Protection) Act 2001
25DEvidentiary effect of certificate
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25D Evidentiary effect of certificate
(1) In any proceedings under section 475 or 481, a certificate under subsection 25B(1) is prima facie evidence of the matters in the certificate.
(2) In any proceedings under section 475, a certificate under subsection 25B(4) is prima facie evidence of the matters in the certificate.
(3) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection 25B(1) or (4) must, unless the contrary is established, be taken to be such a certificate and to have been properly issued.
(4) The Minister may certify that a document is a copy of a certificate under subsection 25B(1) or (4).
(5) This section applies to the certified copy as if it were the original.