238Records are admissible as evidence

238 Records are admissible as evidence

238 Records are admissible as evidence

In any proceedings for an offence against a provision of this Act—

(a) any record kept in compliance with an obligation under this Act is admissible as evidence (until evidence is given to the contrary) of the facts stated in the record, and

(b) a copy of an entry in such a record, being a copy certified by the person by whom the record is required to be kept to be a true copy of the entry, is admissible as evidence (until evidence is given to the contrary) of the facts stated in the entry, and

(c) a document purporting to be a record kept in pursuance of this Act, or purporting to be a copy certified by the person by whom the record is required to be kept to be a true copy of the record, is (until evidence is given to the contrary) taken to be such a record or certified copy, as the case may be.

s 238: Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[222].