Fire Services Act 1990
sec.145ZCertificate about declaration
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sec.145Z Certificate about declaration
In any proceeding for— an offence defined in section 145Y ; or any other offence against this Act where it is alleged as a circumstance of aggravation that the offence was committed during a state of fire emergency at a place to which the declaration of the emergency applied; any certificate signed by the commissioner stating that a state of fire emergency declared under section 145T existed at a specified place and during a specified period and specifying any of the provisions of the declaration is evidence of the matters contained in the certificate. s 145Z (prev s 93) amd 1995 No. 55 s 17 ; 1996 No. 42 s 3 sch 3 ; 2001 No. 76 s 24 (1) ; 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 52 (2)
- (a) an offence defined in section 145Y ; or
- (b) any other offence against this Act where it is alleged as a circumstance of aggravation that the offence was committed during a state of fire emergency at a place to which the declaration of the emergency applied;