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Road Safety Act 1986
83BEvidence relating to prescribed no‑truck zone camera
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83B Evidence relating to prescribed no‑truck zone camera
(1) A certificate containing the prescribed information purporting to be issued by an authorised person certifying—
(a) that a prescribed no‑truck zone camera was used in the prescribed manner; or
(b) that an image or message described in the certificate was produced by a prescribed no‑truck zone camera or by a prescribed process; or
(c) as to any other matter that appears in, or that can be determined from, the records kept in relation to the prescribed no‑truck zone camera or the prescribed process by the Department or the Regulator—
is admissible in evidence in any proceeding and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the matters stated in the certificate.
(2) 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 66A applies.
***authorised person*** means—
(a) an employee in the Department authorised in writing to issue a certificate under this section either generally or in any particular case by the Secretary; or
(b) a member of staff of the Regulator authorised in writing to issue a certificate under this section either generally or in any particular case by the Secretary or the Regulator.
S. 84 amended by No. 44/1989 s. 41(Sch. 2 item 34.4).