56Evidentiary certificates

56 Evidentiary certificates (1) This section applies to a proceeding for an infringement notice (2) A certificate that appears to be signed by or on behalf of the administering authority, and states any matter relevant to anything done or not done under this part in relation to the offence, is evidence of the matter. (3) Without limiting subsection (2), a certificate given under that subsection may state any of the following: (a) a stated infringement notice or reminder notice was served by a stated authorised person in a stated way on a stated person on a stated date for a stated infringement notice offence; (b) the administering authority did not allow additional time, or allowed stated additional time, for payment of the infringement notice penalty or to dispute liability for the offence; (c) the infringement notice penalty was not paid within the time in which it was required to be paid under this part; (d) a stated person entered into an infringement notice management plan on a stated date; (e) a stated person agreed to take stated steps under the person’s Miscellaneous Division 3.6 (f) a stated person took stated steps to comply with the person’s (g) a stated person did not take stated steps to comply with the person’s infringement notice management plan; (h) the administering authority gave a notice to a stated person about— (i) the person’s failure to take stated steps to comply with the person’s infringement notice management plan; and (ii) how the noncompliance was to be dealt with as agreed under the plan; (i) the administering authority took or did not take other stated steps to get a stated person to comply with the person’s infringement notice management plan; (j) the infringement notice has not been withdrawn or was withdrawn on a stated date; (k) the offence involved a stated vehicle or animal; (l) a stated person was the responsible person (or a responsible person) for a vehicle, or the owner (or an owner) of an animal, on a stated date (and, if relevant, at a stated time on that date); (m) a stated address was, on a stated date, the last home or business address of a stated person known to the administering authority; (n) a stated address or number was, on a stated date, the latest business, home or email address, or fax number, of a stated person recorded in a register or other record kept under a law of another jurisdiction corresponding to the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999; (o) a stated person has not given the administering authority an illegal user declaration, a known user declaration, a sold vehicle declaration or an unknown user declaration; (p) a stated person gave the administering authority a stated declaration mentioned in paragraph (o) on a stated date; (q) a copy of a stated declaration mentioned in paragraph (o) was served by a stated authorised person in a stated way on a stated person on a stated date; (r) an infringement notice penalty has not been paid by, or a penalty has not been imposed on, a stated person or anyone for the (4) A court must accept a certificate given under this section as proof of the matters stated in it if there is no evidence to the contrary. (5) This section is additional to, and does not limit, section 72 (Certificate evidence and other evidentiary provisions). Part 4 Enforcement of road transport Division 4.1 Production of licences and identification of people 58 Police officer or authorised person may require name, date of birth, address and driver licence—driver or rider (1) A police officer or authorised person may, in the execution of any of his or her functions under the road transport legislation, require the driver of a vehicle, or the rider of an animal, to do 1 or more of the following: (a) for the driver of a motor vehicle—produce the person’s Australian driver licence or external driver licence; (b) for the rider of an animal—require the person to produce an identification document if the person is carrying an identification document; (c) state the person’s name; (d) state the person’s date of birth; (e) state the person’s home address. Note An authorised officer (within the meaning of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT)) may require a driver of a heavy vehicle to produce the driver’s driver licence (see Law, s 568). (2) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a request made by a police officer or authorised person under subsection (1) (a), (c), (d) or (e). Note It is an offence to produce false or misleading documents (see Criminal Code, s 339). (3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence. (4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) (a) if the defendant proves that the defendant— (a) was not the driver of a heavy vehicle, or heavy combination, when required to produce the licence; and (b) has a reasonable excuse for failing to produce the licence when required to do so; and (c) within 3 days after being required to produce the licence, produces the licence at a place prescribed by regulation or as directed by the police officer or authorised person. s (3) (see Criminal Code, s 59). (5) In this section: heavy combination—see the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT), section 5. identification document, includes the following: (a) an Australian driver licence or foreign driver licence; (b) a proof of identity card issued under the Liquor Act 2010, section 210 (Proof of identity cards), or a corresponding document issued under the law of a State; (c) a passport; (d) a student card; (e) a document that contains a photograph that could reasonably be taken to be the person and states the person’s name and date of birth.