221Certificates relating to licensing and statistical matters

### 221 Certificates relating to licensing and statistical matters > [*\[Section 221 Amended by No. 42 of 1998, s. 23, Applied:18 Dec 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-12-18/act-1998-042#GS23@EN) [*\[Section 221 Substituted by No. 7 of 2007, s. 57, Applied:30 Apr 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-04-30/act-2007-007#GS57@EN) > > > (1)  In any proceedings for an offence under this Act, the production of a certificate purporting to be signed by the Secretary stating any of the following facts is evidence of those facts: > > > > > > (a) that on any date or during any period a person was or was not authorised to do anything under an authorisation or was, or was not, exempted from this Act or a specified provision of this Act; > > > > > > > (b) that on any date or during any period any place or thing was or was not the subject of an authorisation or exemption; > > > > > > > (c) that on any date or during any period an authorisation or exemption was cancelled, suspended or for any other reason of no effect; > > > > > > > (d) that on any date or during any period an authorisation or exemption was subject to any specified condition or conditions; > > > > > > > (e) that the holder of an authorisation had taken, received, despatched or sold a quantity, form or type of fish as recorded from records, dockets and returns required to be provided under the Act, regulations or rules; > > > > > > > (f) that on any date or during any period the holder of an authorisation had made a report required to be provided under the Act, regulations or rules and that the information recorded is the information that was reported; > > > > > > > (g) that on any date or during any period the holder of an authorisation had not made a report required to be provided by the Act, regulations or rules; > > > > > > > (h) that a holder of an authorisation had submitted returns indicating particular levels of production or catches of fish over particular periods of time or similar statistical information; > > > > > > > (i) that on any date or during any period a person was or was not – > > > > > > > > > > (i) a supervisor for a particular licence; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) a supervisor for any licence; > > > > > > > (j) [*\[Section 221 Subsection (1) amended by No. 24 of 2021, s. 17, Applied:31 Mar 2023\]*](/view/html/inforce/2023-03-31/act-2021-024#GS17@EN) that on any date or during any period a natural person was or was not, for the purposes of a licence, a licensing agent. > > > (2)  In any proceedings for an offence under this Act, the production of a document purporting to have been prepared in the Department, for or on behalf of the Minister, is evidence of the matters contained in the document.