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Vegetation Management Act 1999
sec.66AInstruments, equipment and installations
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### sec.66A Instruments, equipment and installations
An instrument, equipment or installation prescribed under a regulation that is used in accordance with any conditions prescribed under a regulation is taken, in the absence of evidence to the contrary—
to be accurate and precise; and
to have been used by an appropriately qualified person.
A party to the proceeding intending to challenge a matter mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (b) must give each other party notice of the party’s intention to adduce relevant evidence at least 20 business days before the evidence is adduced.
The notice must state the grounds on which the party intends to rely to prove that the instrument, equipment or installation—
was not accurate or precise; or
was not used by an appropriately qualified person.
s 66A ins 2003 No. 10 s 70
amd 2009 No. 43 s 39
(sec.66A-ssec.1) An instrument, equipment or installation prescribed under a regulation that is used in accordance with any conditions prescribed under a regulation is taken, in the absence of evidence to the contrary— to be accurate and precise; and to have been used by an appropriately qualified person.
(sec.66A-ssec.2) A party to the proceeding intending to challenge a matter mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (b) must give each other party notice of the party’s intention to adduce relevant evidence at least 20 business days before the evidence is adduced.
(sec.66A-ssec.3) The notice must state the grounds on which the party intends to rely to prove that the instrument, equipment or installation— was not accurate or precise; or was not used by an appropriately qualified person.
- (a) to be accurate and precise; and
- (b) to have been used by an appropriately qualified person.
- (a) was not accurate or precise; or
- (b) was not used by an appropriately qualified person.