VICIn ForceAct
Road Safety Act 1986
83AEvidence relating to prescribed road safety cameras
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 83A
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Road Safety Act 1986.
83A Evidence relating to prescribed road safety cameras
S. 83A(1) amended by No. 55/2009 s. 60.
(1) A certificate containing the prescribed information purporting to be issued by an authorised person certifying—
S. 83A(1)(a) amended by No. 28/2009 s. 30(2)(a).
(a) that a prescribed road safety camera was tested, sealed or used in the prescribed manner; or
S. 83A(1)(b) amended by No. 28/2009 s. 30(2)(b).
(b) that an image or message described in the certificate was produced by a prescribed road safety camera or by a prescribed process; or
S. 83A(1)(c) amended by Nos 28/2009 s. 30(3), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.28).
(c) as to any other matter that appears in, or that can be determined from, the records kept in relation to the prescribed road safety camera or the prescribed process by Victoria Police—
is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the matters stated in the certificate.
S. 83A(1A) inserted by No. 68/2017 s. 76.
(1A) For the purposes of section 41(1)(e) of the **Criminal Procedure Act 2009**, a certificate referred to in subsection (1) is the only document relevant to an alleged offence to which section 66 applies.
(2) In this section ***authorised person*** means a person authorised for the purposes of this section by the Chief Commissioner of Police.
S. 83B inserted by No. 46/2024 s. 7.