46Proof of appointment as operator

46 Proof of appointment as operator

(1)  In proceedings under these regulations, a document that appears to the court to be a certificate by a Minister, in accordance with subregulation (2) , certifying a statement to the effect mentioned in subregulation (3)  –

(a) is evidence of the truth of the statement; and

(b) may be received in evidence without being proved.

(2)  The certificate must be signed by the Minister and be expressed to be in accordance with the register or other record maintained by the Minister under regulation 45 .

(3)  The statement must be to the effect that, on a specified date, or during a specified period, a specified person was the operator for a specified petroleum activity.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 8 June 2022

These regulations are administered in the Department of State Growth.