Evidence Act 2001
177DCertificate of Surveyor-General
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177D Certificate of Surveyor-General
(1) In any proceedings, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Surveyor-General relating to one or more of the following matters is evidence of those matters:
(a) that, at a time or during a period specified in the certificate, land described in the certificate was or was not Crown land within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1976 ;
(b) [Section 177D Subsection (1) amended by No. 50 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:11 Dec 2013] that, at a time or during a period specified in the certificate, land described in the certificate was or was not permanent timber production zone land within the meaning of the Forest Management Act 2013 ;
(c) that, at a time or during a period specified in the certificate, the Crown land described in the certificate was or was not dedicated or reserved for a particular purpose under any Act;
(d) that, at a time or during a period specified in the certificate, the Crown land described in the certificate was subject to a contract or a permit, lease, licence or other occupational right under the Crown Lands Act 1976 .
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) , land may be described by means of a description or a plan, or both.
| Note: This section does not appear in the Evidence Act 1995 of the Commonwealth. |