Section 261 - Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 - Certificate evidence of certain matters

261Certificate evidence of certain matters

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261 Certificate evidence of certain matters

(1) A document signed by the CEO or a designated officer and certifying any one or more of the matters specified in subsection (2) is admissible in any proceedings under this Act or the regulations and is prima facie evidence of the matters so certified.

(2) The matters referred to in subsection (1) are as follows—

(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 or the regulations, 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,

(a1) that notice of a matter under this Act or the regulations was given on the EPA’s website and the date and form of the notice,

(b) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, the holder of a specified licence or a licence of a specified kind,

(b1) that specified premises were or were not, at a specified time or during a specified period, the subject of a specified licence or a licence of a specified kind,

(c) that a licence was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, subject to specified conditions,

(d) that a licence was, at a specified time, revoked or suspended for a specified period or was revoked or suspended subject to specified conditions,

(e) that, at a specified time, the surrender of a licence was approved or was approved 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, attached to a licence or to the revocation, suspension or surrender of a licence,

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

(h) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, a member of staff of the EPA, the Department of Health, the marine authority or a local authority,