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OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 357 Evidentiary value of register

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 357

Evidentiary value of register

  (1)   An offshore mining register is admissible in proceedings as prima facie evidence of the matters registered in it.

  (2)   If the register is kept by the use of a computer, the Designated Authority may issue a document containing the details of a matter taken from the register.

  (3)   The document issued under subsection   ( 2) is admissible in proceedings as prima facie evidence of the matter.

  (4)   The Designated Authority may give a person a certified copy of, or extract from, the register if the person pays the fee prescribed by the regulations.

  (5)   The certified copy is admissible in proceedings without any further proof of, or the production of, the original.