PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 106 Certificate evidence of certain matters

PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 106

106 Certificate evidence of certain matters

(1) A document signed by the CEO of the Environment Protection Authority or a designated officer and certifying any one or more of the matters specified in subsection (2) is admissible in any proceedings under this Act and is prima facie evidence of the matters so certified.

(2) The matters referred to in subsection (1) are as follows--

(a) that a pesticide was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, a registered pesticide,

(b) that a label was or was not, at a specified time, the approved label for a pesticide,

(c) that a permit was or was not, at a specified time, in force,

(d) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, authorised by a permit to do, or omit to do, something,

(e) that a pesticide control order was or was not, at a specified time, in force,

(f) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, the holder of a licence or restricted pesticide authorisation,

(g) that a licence or restricted pesticide authorisation was or was not, at a specified time, subject to specified conditions,

(h) that a licence or restricted pesticide authorisation was, at a specified time, revoked or suspended for a specified period,

(i) that the matter appearing on an approved label, permit or restricted pesticide authorisation described in the document is identical to the matter set out in, or in an instrument annexed to, the document,

(j) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, an authorised officer,

(k) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, a member of staff of the Environment Protection Authority,

(l) that an exemption was or was not given under this Act in relation to any specified matter,

(m) that any such exemption was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, in force or subject to specified conditions,

(n) that any exemption was or was not, or that any such conditions were or were not, varied or revoked at a specified time,

(o) any other matter prescribed by the regulations.