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#### 167 Certificates
167 Certificates
> > (1) A person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, apply to the Heritage Council for a certificate under this section with respect to land or a relic specified or described in the application.
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> > (2) The Heritage Council may issue a certificate that on the date specified in the certificate—
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> > > (a) land or a relic specified or described in the certificate is—
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> > > > (i) land or a relic to which an interim heritage order or listing on the State Heritage Register applies or is not land or a relic to which an interim heritage order or listing on the State Heritage Register applies, or
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> > > > (ii) land or a relic to which an order made under this Act applies or is not land or a relic to which an order made under this Act applies, and
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> > > (b) a building, work, relic or place specified or described in the certificate is a building, work, relic or place in respect of which a notice has been served under this Act or is not a building, work, relic or place in respect of which a notice has been served under this Act.
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> > (3) A certificate issued under subsection (2) shall specify such other matters as may be prescribed.
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> > (4) For the purpose of any proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations taken against a person who has obtained a certificate under this section, that certificate shall, in favour of that person, be conclusively presumed to be true and correct.
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> **s 167:** Am 1979 No 206, Sch 1 (36); 1987 No 11, Schs 1 (21), 2 (11); 1998 No 138, Sch 1 \[70\].