Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES CONSERVATION ACT 1981 No. 30 of 1981 - SECT 19

19. (1) The Minister or a person authorized in writing by him to give
certificates under this section may give a certificate -

   (a)  that, at a time specified in the certificate, a vessel specified in
        the certificate was, or was not, an Australian vessel;

   (b)  that an area specified in the certificate is in the Convention area,
        or is in a part of the Convention area specified in the certificate;

   (c)  that, at a time specified in the certificate, an area specified in the
        certificate was part of the Australian fishing zone;

   (d)  that, at a time specified in the certificate, a person specified in
        the certificate was, or was not, the holder of a permit authorizing
        the person, in the Convention area, or in a part of the
        Convention area specified in the certificate, to harvest
        marine organisms of a kind or kinds specified in the certificate; or

   (e)  that, at a time specified in the certificate, a person specified in
        the certificate was, or was not, the holder of a permit authorizing
        the person, in the Convention area, or in a part of the
        Convention area specified in the certificate, to carry out research
        with respect to marine organisms of a kind or kinds specified in the
        certificate.

(2) A person giving a certificate under paragraph (1) (d) or (e) that a person
was, at a time specified in the certificate, the holder of a permit may, in
the certificate, certify that conditions specified in the certificate were the
conditions to which the permit was subject at the time so specified.

(3) In proceedings for an offence against this Act, a certificate given under
this section is prima facie evidence of the matters specified in the
certificate.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a writing purporting to be a certificate
under this section shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such
a certificate and to have been duly given.