719Transport and journey documentation

719 Transport and journey documentation

719 Transport and journey documentation

(1) Transport documentation and journey documentation are admissible in a proceeding under this Law and are evidence of—

(a) the identity and status of the parties to the transaction to which the documentation relates; and

(b) the destination or intended destination of the load to which the documentation relates; and

(c) either or both the date on which and the time at which—

(i) any document in the documentation was created; or

(ii) any transaction mentioned in the documentation was effected or carried out; or

(iii) any journey mentioned in the documentation was started, carried out or finished; or

(iv) any other matter mentioned in the documentation was effected, started, carried out or finished; and

(d) the location of any person, heavy vehicle, goods or other matter or thing mentioned in the documentation; and

(e) the date and time at which any person, heavy vehicle, goods or other matter or thing mentioned in the documentation was present at a particular place.

(2) In this section—

status, of the parties to a transaction, includes the status of each of the parties as a responsible person for the heavy vehicle used or intended to be used for transporting the goods the subject of the transaction.