47Certificates by the Authority

47 Certificates by the Authority

(1) A certificate signed on behalf of the Authority, and stating any of the following, is admissible in evidence and is prima facie evidence of what it states: (a) that a specified IAP condition was in effect for a specified participating operator at a specified time; (b) that a specified person is, or was at a specified time, a participating operator; (c) that a specified IAP condition applied to a specified IAP vehicle at a specified time; (d) that a specified vehicle is, or was at a specified time, an IAP vehicle; (e) that a specified participating operator is, or was at a specified time, the operator of a specified IAP vehicle; (f) that a specified non‑compliance report, tampering report or IAP auditor’s report was received at a specified time, or has not been received; (g) that no report of a malfunction has been received, or had been received at a specified time, by the Authority in relation to an approved intelligent transport system fitted to a specified IAP vehicle; (h) that a report of a specified malfunction was received at a specified time, or has not been received; (i) that a specified form is an approved form for a specified purpose. (2) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (1) is presumed (unless evidence sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is adduced) to be what it purports to be. (3) The person who signed such a document is presumed (unless evidence sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is adduced) to have been authorised by the Authority to do so.