157Burden of proving certain matters lies on defendant

#### 157 Burden of proving certain matters lies on defendant In proceedings for an offence against this Law, the prosecution is not required to prove, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the following: (a) that the defendant was the owner or master of a specified domestic commercial vessel at the time of the conduct constituting the alleged offence; (b) that a specified vessel is a domestic commercial vessel; (c) that a specified vessel of a specified person is subject to this Law; (d) that a specified vessel is not exempt from a provision of this Law; (e) that a message or signal was received by the master of a domestic commercial vessel, if: (i) the message was transmitted under this Law by a prescribed person; and (ii) the vessel was located so as to be able to receive the message or signal; (f) that a specified vessel is a particular length or tonnage; (g) the time of sunrise and sunset in a particular location on any day, as published by the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology established under section 5 of the Meteorology Act 1955.