Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1997
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25 Evidentiary provisions
(1) A court may admit as evidence a document that appears to be signed on behalf of the registration authority certifying a matter that appears in or can be calculated from the register or another record kept by the registration authority. (2) A court may admit as evidence a document that is issued under a corresponding law of another jurisdiction and that relates to: (a) the registration or non‑registration of a heavy vehicle; or (b) the person recorded on the register as the registered operator of a heavy vehicle; or (c) the GCM, GVM, load capacity or identification of a motor vehicle; or (d) another matter relating to the use of heavy vehicles on roads or road related areas. (3) The court must accept the documents as proof of the facts stated in them if there is no evidence to the contrary. (4) A court may admit into evidence other documents prescribed by the regulations in the circumstances set out in the regulations.