Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999
67Evidentiary certificates
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67 Evidentiary certificates
(1) A certificate signed by the Registrar certifying that a person was or was not the holder of a driver licence or an ancillary certificate under this Act on a specified date is admissible in legal proceedings as evidence of the fact so certified and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, as proof of that fact.
(2) A certificate signed by the Registrar certifying that a vehicle was or was not registered under this Act on a specified date is admissible in legal proceedings as evidence of the fact so certified and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, as proof of that fact.
(2A) [Section 67 Subsection (2A) amended by No. 71 of 2001, s. 22, Applied:01 Jan 2002] [Section 67 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 22 of 2001, s. 7, Applied:01 Nov 2001] A certificate signed by the Registrar or the Commission certifying that a person, vehicle or combination was or was not exempt from a requirement of the regulations on a specified date or during a specified period is admissible in legal proceedings as evidence of the fact so certified and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, as proof of that fact.
(2B) [Section 67 Subsection (2B) amended by No. 71 of 2001, s. 22, Applied:01 Jan 2002] [Section 67 Subsection (2B) inserted by No. 22 of 2001, s. 7, Applied:01 Nov 2001] A certificate signed by the Registrar or the Commission setting out the conditions on which a person, vehicle or combination was exempt from a requirement of the regulations on a specified date or during a specified period is admissible in legal proceedings as evidence of the conditions so certified and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, as proof of those conditions.
(2C) [Section 67 Subsection (2C) inserted by No. 21 of 2008, s. 4, Applied:26 Jun 2008] A certificate signed by the Commission certifying that a speed-limit sign, within the meaning of the Road Rules, was displaying a specified speed limit at a specified time and place is admissible in legal proceedings as evidence of those matters so certified and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, as proof of those matters.