EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 55A Proof of disaster situation under Disaster Management Act 2003

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 55A

55A Proof of disaster situation under Disaster Management Act 2003

(1) Any of the following is evidence of the declaration of a disaster situation—

(a) a copy of a declaration (a
"relevant declaration" ) for the disaster situation made under the Disaster Management Act 2003 , section 64 (1) or 69 ;

(b) the gazette purporting to contain notice of the relevant declaration;

(c) for an oral declaration—a statement from the responsible person for the oral declaration that the oral declaration was made under the Disaster Management Act 2003 .

(2) In this section—


"disaster situation" means a disaster situation within the meaning of the Disaster Management Act 2003 .


"oral declaration" means a declaration of a disaster situation made orally under the Disaster Management Act 2003 , section 65 (5) or 70 (5) , that, at the time of the hearing, has not been recorded under the Disaster Management Act 2003 , section 65 (7) or 70 (7) .


"responsible person" , for an oral declaration, means the person who made the oral declaration under the Disaster Management Act 2003 , section 65 (5) or 70 (5) .