56Evidentiary certificates

56 Evidentiary certificates

S. 56(1) amended by Nos 49/2019 s. 159(1), 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 51.2).

(1) A certificate in the prescribed form purporting to be issued by the Secretary, the Head, Transport for Victoria or the Department or an authorised officer certifying that on a particular date a vehicle or trailer was registered under the Road Safety Act 1986 in the name of a particular person is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that, on that date, the person was the operator of the vehicle or trailer.

(2) A certificate or document that purports to have been issued under a corresponding law certifying that on a particular date a vehicle or trailer was registered under that law in the name of a particular person is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that, on that date, the person was the operator of the vehicle or trailer.

S. 56(3) amended by Nos 49/2019 s. 159(2), 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 51.3).

(3) A certificate containing the prescribed particulars purporting to be issued by the Secretary, the Head, Transport for Victoria or the Department or an authorised officer certifying that on a particular date—

(a) a particular registration number was assigned to a particular vehicle or trailer; or

(b) a particular person was entitled, or last entitled, to use or possess a number plate bearing a particular registration number—

is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that on that date that registration number was assigned to that vehicle or trailer or that person was entitled, or last entitled, to use or possess that number plate.

(4) A certificate or document that purports to have been issued under any corresponding law certifying that on a particular date—

(a) a particular registration number was assigned under the corresponding law to a particular vehicle or trailer; or

(b) a particular person was entitled, or last entitled, under the corresponding law to use or possess a number plate bearing a particular registration number—

is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that on that date that registration number was assigned to that vehicle or trailer or that person was entitled, or last entitled, to use or possess that number plate, as the case requires.

S. 56(5) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 159(1).

(5) For the purposes of this section an authorised officer is a person who is authorised or who is the holder of a position authorised for the purposes of this section by the Secretary.