Fuel (Penalty Surcharges) Administration Act 1997
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50 Authorised officers
(1) The CEO may make a written determination that a specified officer or other person is an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act. The determination has effect accordingly.
Note: A person may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.
(2) The Minister may issue a written certificate stating that a specified person was at a specified time, or was at all times during a specified period, an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or of particular provisions of this Act.
Note: A person may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.
(3) In any proceedings relating to this Act, a certificate under subsection (2) is prima facie evidence of the matters in the certificate. (4) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (3) must, unless the contrary is established, be taken to be a certificate and to have been properly given.