Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts55. Evidentiary
(1) If in a proceeding in respect of an offence against this Act or the Regulations it is necessary to prove -
(a) the quantity of an absorbed dose;
(b) the nature of a radioactive substance;
(c) the activity of a radioactive substance; or
(d) the strength of a dose equivalent,
a certificate purporting to be signed by the Chief Health Officer stating a measurement or other fact in relation to the matter to be proved is evidence of the matter stated in the certificate and of the fact on which it is based.
(2) In a proceeding in respect of an offence against this Act or the Regulations, an allegation in the information or complaint that -
(a) a named person is or was at a specified time the Chief Health Officer, an inspector, a Radiation Safety Officer or a radiation worker;
(b) a named person was or was not at a specified time the holder of a specified licence or certificate;
(c) a specified licence or certificate was subject to specified conditions;
(d) a specified substance was or was not at a specified time a radioactive substance;
(e) a specified apparatus was or was not at a specified time an irradiating apparatus; or
(f) a specified radioactive substance or irradiating apparatus was on a specified day stored, packed, stowed or transported in or on a specified package, container, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other place,
is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to be taken to be proved.