367Evidentiary certificates

367 Evidentiary certificates

367 Evidentiary certificates

(1) A certificate that is issued by the Minister and that states—

(a) that an instrument, a copy of which is set out in or annexed to the certificate, being an instrument purporting—

(i) to be issued, made or given for the purposes of this Act, and

(ii) to have been signed by the person authorised to issue, make or give the instrument, or by another person acting as delegate or on behalf of the person,

was issued, made or given on a specified day, or

(b) that a document, a copy of which is set out in or annexed to the certificate, is a copy of part of, or an extract from, a register or water allocation account kept under this Act, or

(c) that an image, a copy of which is set out in or annexed to the certificate—

(i) is a photograph or other remotely-sensed image of a specified kind, and

(ii) portrays specified land as at a specified date, or

(d) that an amount payable under this Act by a specified person has, or has not, been paid,

is admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the fact or facts so stated.

(2) A certificate that is issued by the Minister and that states that, on a date or during a period specified in the certificate—

(a) a specified person was, or was not, the holder of a specified access licence or approval, or

(b) a specified access licence or approval was, at a specified time, revoked or suspended for a specified period or was revoked or suspended subject to specified conditions, or

(c) a specified condition of an access licence or approval was, at a specified time, imposed or revoked, or

(d) specified land was, or was not, the subject of a specified approval, or

(e) specified land was, or was not, within a specified water management area, or

(f) a specified part of a water source was, or was not, within a specified water management area, or

(g) a specified water management work was, or was not, at a specified location within a specified parcel of land, or