New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ACT 1989 - SECT 60

60 Evidentiary certificates

(1) If in any legal proceedings it is proved that on a certain day or during any period a person was the holder of a licence, it is to be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the person was carrying on the business of, or otherwise acting as, an entertainment industry representative on that day or during that period.

(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Chairperson of the Council or an officer authorised by the Council for the purposes of this section certifying:

(a) that a person was or was not on a specified date a holder of a licence, or

(b) that particulars specified in the certificate were on a specified date the particulars specified in a licence, or

(c) that a licence specified in the certificate was on or during any specified period or date cancelled or suspended, or

(d) that a direction under section 36 or 37 specified in the certificate was on a specified date issued in the specified manner to the person,

is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.