53AEvidentiary provision for environmental nuisance

53A Evidentiary provision for environmental nuisance

[Section 53A Inserted by No. 45 of 2007, s. 18, Applied:29 Nov 2007] If, in a proceeding for an offence against section 53(1) or (2) , an authorized officer or a council officer gives evidence, based on the officer's own senses, that noise, smoke, dust, fumes or odour was emitted from a place occupied by the defendant and travelled to, or was, or was likely to be, detectable at, a place occupied by another person, that evidence is prima facie evidence of the matters so stated.