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Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003
sec.131Evidentiary provisions about State remotely sensed image
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### sec.131 Evidentiary provisions about State remotely sensed image
This section applies to any proceeding.
A certificate, purporting to be signed by the chief executive or by a person authorised by the chief executive, and stating any of the following matters about a State remotely sensed image of land or coastal waters accompanying the certificate is evidence of the matters stated—
the image is a State remotely sensed image, or a copy of a State remotely sensed image of a stated area;
the location of the area shown in the image;
a feature or point, or the location of a feature or point, shown in the image;
the date and time when the image was taken or made;
the approximate scale of the image.
The signature on the certificate is evidence of the signature it purports to be.
A person who purports to be authorised by the chief executive to sign the certificate is taken, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be authorised to sign the certificate.
A party to the proceeding intending to challenge a matter mentioned in subsection (2) must give at least 28 days notice of the party’s intention to adduce relevant evidence.
In this section—
State remotely sensed image means a remotely sensed image taken or copied from the State remotely sensed image library.
s 131 (prev s 62) renum 2010 No. 12 s 214 (2)
(sec.131-ssec.1) This section applies to any proceeding.
(sec.131-ssec.2) A certificate, purporting to be signed by the chief executive or by a person authorised by the chief executive, and stating any of the following matters about a State remotely sensed image of land or coastal waters accompanying the certificate is evidence of the matters stated— the image is a State remotely sensed image, or a copy of a State remotely sensed image of a stated area; the location of the area shown in the image; a feature or point, or the location of a feature or point, shown in the image; the date and time when the image was taken or made; the approximate scale of the image.
(sec.131-ssec.3) The signature on the certificate is evidence of the signature it purports to be.
(sec.131-ssec.4) A person who purports to be authorised by the chief executive to sign the certificate is taken, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be authorised to sign the certificate.
(sec.131-ssec.5) A party to the proceeding intending to challenge a matter mentioned in subsection (2) must give at least 28 days notice of the party’s intention to adduce relevant evidence.
(sec.131-ssec.6) In this section— State remotely sensed image means a remotely sensed image taken or copied from the State remotely sensed image library.
- (a) the image is a State remotely sensed image, or a copy of a State remotely sensed image of a stated area;
- (b) the location of the area shown in the image;
- (c) a feature or point, or the location of a feature or point, shown in the image;
- (d) the date and time when the image was taken or made;
- (e) the approximate scale of the image.