225Evidentiary certificate signed by the Secretary

225 Evidentiary certificate signed by the Secretary (a) proceedings under section 122 (application to VCAT for review of a public health order); (b) proceedings under section 196 (application for an injunction to compel compliance with, or to restrain a contravention of, an improvement notice or a prohibition notice); (c) proceedings under section 208 (appeal against an improvement notice or a prohibition notice); (d) proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations brought under section 219(1). (2) A certificate signed by the Secretary stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter— (a) a stated document is one of the following things made, given or issued under this Act or the regulations— (i) an appointment or a decision; (ii) a notice, direction or requirement; (iii) a registration, licence or authority; (iv) a record or an extract from a record; (v) a register or an extract from a register; (b) a stated document is a copy of a thing referred to in paragraph (a); (c) on a stated day, or during a stated period, a stated person was or was not the holder of a registration, licence or authority; (d) on a stated day, or during a stated period, a registration, licence or authority— (i) was or was not in force; or (ii) was or was not subject to a stated condition; (e) on a stated day, or during a stated period, a registration or licence was suspended; (f) on a stated day a registration or licence was cancelled, varied, transferred or surrendered; (g) on a stated day, or during a stated period, an appointment as an authorised officer or analyst was, or was not, in force for a stated person; (h) on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated notice or direction under this Act; (i) on a stated day, a stated requirement was made of a stated person; (j) a stated amount is payable under this Act or the regulations by a stated person and has not been paid.