Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated RegulationsIn a prosecution for an offence, a certificate issued by a person authorised under an Act (including an Act of the Commonwealth or a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth) to issue the certificate stating:
(a) that a specified person was the registered owner of a specified vehicle on a particular date;
(b) that a specified person was recorded as the new owner of a specified vehicle from a particular date in a record of a notice of disposal in respect of the vehicle; or
(c) if the specified vehicle is not registered at the time of issuing the certificate – that a specified person was the last registered owner of the vehicle as at a particular date,
is evidence of the matters set out in the certificate and a court is to assume that the certificate was duly issued.