33Evidence

33 Evidence

(1)  In this section –

specified means specified in a certificate referred to in subsection (2) .

(2)  In any legal proceedings, a document purporting to be a certificate signed by the Secretary and relating to one or more of the following matters is evidence of the facts stated in the certificate:

(a) the appointment of an authorised officer under this Act;

(b) whether or not a specified person was a permit holder at the specified time;

(c) whether or not a specified condition was a condition to which a specified permit was subject at the specified time;

(d) whether or not a destruction order was in force at a specified time and the specified details of a destruction order;

(e) the amount of costs incurred in the taking of specified action under this Act;

(f) whether or not a thing was a GMO at the specified time.