8Certificates

8 Certificates

(1)  An authorized officer shall examine each claim for a payment under this Act made to him and shall, if he is satisfied than an amount is payable to the claimant, give a certificate in writing to that effect.

(2)  An authorized officer who is examining a claim for a payment under this Act may give a certificate in writing –

(a) that a specified person sold a specified quantity of liquefied petroleum gas for eligible use on a specified date;

(b) that a specified quantity of liquefied petroleum gas or naphtha was purchased by, delivered to, or used in the production of eligible reticulation gas by, a specified person on a specified date; or

(c) that a specified person sold a specified quantity of eligible reticulation gas for eligible use, or sold a specified quantity of eligible reticulation gas, during a specified period.

(3)  Where an authorized officer is satisfied that an amount paid to a person under this Act (including an amount paid by way of an advance) was not payable to the person or exceeded the amount that was payable to the person, he may give a certificate in writing that the amount paid or the amount of the excess, as the case may be, is an overpayment to that person by the State.

(4)  The Auditor-General shall treat a certificate under this section as correct in all respects.

(5)  For the purposes of this Act, a document purporting to be a certificate referred to in this section shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.