378ZGCertificate evidence of certain matters

378ZG Certificate evidence of certain matters

378ZG Certificate evidence of certain matters

(1) A document signed by the Secretary, or by an officer designated by the Secretary for the purposes of this section, and certifying any one or more of the matters specified in subsection (2) is admissible in any proceedings under this Act and is prima facie evidence of the matters so certified.

(2) The following matters are specified for the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a) that an instrument, a copy of which is set out in or annexed to the document, being an instrument purporting—

(i) to be issued, made or given for the purposes of this Act, and

(ii) to have been signed by the person authorised to issue, make or give the instrument, or by another person acting as delegate or on behalf of the person,

was issued, made or given on a specified day,

(b) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, the holder of a specified authorisation or an authorisation of a specified kind,

(c) that specified land was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, the subject of a specified authorisation or an authorisation of a specified kind,

(d) that specified land was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, a specified authorisation area or part of a specified authorisation area,

(e) that an authorisation was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, subject to specified conditions,

(f) that an authorisation was, at a specified time, cancelled or suspended for a specified period or was cancelled or suspended subject to specified conditions,

(g) that a condition was, at a specified time, revoked or varied in a specified manner or that a new condition was, at a specified time, imposed on an authorisation or on the suspension of an authorisation,

(h) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, an inspector or a royalty officer,

(i) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, a member of staff of the Department or a council,