Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 2000 - SECT 17

    (1)     A registration certificate or a certified copy of a registration certificate issued under section 11 (Registration numbers, certificates and tags) is evidence that the dog described in it is, or was, registered for the period mentioned in the certificate or copy.

    (2)     If the registrar certifies in writing that on a day, or during a time, stated in the certificate, a person mentioned in the certificate—

        (a)     was the registered keeper of a dog mentioned in the certificate; or

        (b)     was not the registered keeper of—

              (i)     a dog mentioned in the certificate; or

              (ii)     a dog;

the certificate is evidence of the fact.

    (3)     A document that purports to be—

        (a)     a registration certificate; or

        (b)     a certified copy of a registration certificate issued under section 11; or

        (c)     a certificate mentioned in subsection (2);

is, unless the contrary is proved, to be taken to be a certificate or a certified copy of a certificate and to have been properly given or issued.