293Evidentiary provision for documents

293 Evidentiary provision for documents

(1)  [Section 293 Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 2015, s. 36, Applied:01 Jan 2016] A document that purports to have been certified by the Minister, a water entity or an authorised officer to be an accurate copy of a licence or permit granted or issued under this Act is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to be accepted in any proceedings under this Act as an accurate copy of that licence or permit.

(2)  In proceedings before the Appeal Tribunal, a document purporting to be a water management plan prepared and adopted under this Act is to be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to be a water management plan in force under this Act.