BUILDING ACT 2004 - SECT 148 Evidentiary certificates

BUILDING ACT 2004 - SECT 148

In a proceeding before a court or the ACAT—

        (a)     a document purporting to be a copy of a notice under this Act and certified as a true copy by the construction occupations registrar or of a person authorised in writing by the registrar must be received in evidence and must be taken without further proof to be a true copy of the notice; and

        (b)     a notice certified as a true copy under this section must be taken, unless the contrary is proved, to have been given by the person purporting to give it and to have been given on the date stated in the certified copy of the notice; and

        (c)     a document purporting to be a certificate given by the construction occupations registrar and certifying that there was a building approval in force for stated building work on a stated date or during a stated period is evidence that on the stated date or during the stated period the building approval was in force; and

        (d)     a document purporting to be a certificate given by the construction occupations registrar and certifying that there was no building approval in force for stated building work on a stated date or during a stated period is evidence that on the stated date or during the stated period no building approval was in force for the building work; and

        (e)     a certificate signed by the construction occupations registrar certifying that a document attached to the certificate is a true copy of plans approved by the registrar under this Act or of a part of such plans is evidence of the plans or of the part as so approved; and

        (f)     a certificate signed by the construction occupations registrar and certifying that, at a stated date a certificate of occupancy had not been issued for a stated building or a stated part of the building is evidence that, at that date, a certificate of occupancy had not been issued for the building or part of a building.