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Pesticides Act 1999
107AEvidence from photographs and other images
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#### 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—
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> > > (a) the Chief Executive Officer of the Environment Protection Authority,
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> > > (b) an officer of the Environment Protection Authority designated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.
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> > (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—
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> > > (a) the matter depicted on the image,
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> > > (b) the information recorded on the image relating to the location or boundaries of the land,
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> > > (c) the time when, or period during which, the image was taken,
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> > > (d) other matter prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (3) In proceedings in which an approved image is admitted in evidence—
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> > > (a) the image is presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be orthorectified, and
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> > > (b) evidence is not required, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the accuracy of any process used to—
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> > > > (i) orthorectify the image, or
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> > > > (ii) determine the boundaries of land recorded in the image.
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> **s 107A:** Ins 2024 No 20, Sch 4\[12\].