New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR DEALERS ACT 1974 - SECT 56

56 Evidence

(1) Where in any proceedings (whether for an offence against this Act or otherwise) it is proved that on a certain day or during any period a person was the holder of a dealer’s licence, auto-dismantler’s licence, wholesaler’s licence, motor vehicle parts reconstructor’s licence, car market operator’s licence, motor vehicle consultant’s licence or prescribed licence it shall be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the person was a dealer, auto-dismantler, wholesaler, motor vehicle parts reconstructor, car market operator, motor vehicle consultant or person carrying on a prescribed business, as the case may be, on that day or during that period, as the case may be.

(2) A document purporting to be certified by the Director-General and stating that a person is not, or was not, on a date specified in the document the holder of a licence shall be received in proceedings before any court or tribunal as evidence of that fact.