107AEvidence from photographs and other images

107A Evidence from photographs and other images

107A Evidence from photographs and other images

(1) This section applies to a photographic or other image of an area of land formed from data captured by a device carried by an aircraft, satellite or other craft, and information recorded on the image, that either of the following certifies as an approved image—

(a) the Chief Executive Officer of the Environment Protection Authority,

(b) an officer of the Environment Protection Authority designated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.

(2) An approved image is admissible in proceedings under this Act and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is evidence of the following—

(a) the matter depicted on the image,

(b) the information recorded on the image relating to the location or boundaries of the land,

(c) the time when, or period during which, the image was taken,

(d) other matter prescribed by the regulations.

(3) In proceedings in which an approved image is admitted in evidence—

(a) the image is presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be orthorectified, and

(b) evidence is not required, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the accuracy of any process used to—

(i) orthorectify the image, or

(ii) determine the boundaries of land recorded in the image.

s 107A: Ins 2024 No 20, Sch 4[12].