125ZQCertificate evidence of certain matters

125ZQ Certificate evidence of certain matters

125ZQ 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 petroleum title or a petroleum title 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 petroleum title or a petroleum title of a specified kind,

(d) that a petroleum title was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, subject to specified conditions,

(e) that a petroleum title was, at a specified time, cancelled or suspended for a specified period or was cancelled or suspended subject to specified conditions,

(f) 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 a petroleum title or on the suspension of a petroleum title,

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

(h) 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,

(i) that information required to be furnished pursuant to this Act or the regulations was or was not received,

(j) that a document is a copy of part of, or an extract from, a register kept under this Act,