PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 834 Other evidentiary aids

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 834

834 Other evidentiary aids

(1) A certificate stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

(a) a stated document, of any of the following types, is a document given, held, issued, kept or made under this Act—

(i) an appointment, approval or decision;

(ii) a direction, notice or requirement;

(iii) an authority under this Act;

(v) the register the chief inspector keeps under section 734AB ;

(vi) the safety management system for an operating plant;

(vii) a report;

(viii) another record;

(aa) that a stated document is a register kept or held under the Common Provisions Act ;

(b) a stated document is another document kept or held under this Act;

(c) a stated document is a copy of, or an extract from or part of, a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ;

(d) on a stated day—

(i) a stated person was given a stated decision, direction or notice under this Act; or

(ii) a stated requirement under this Act was made of a stated person;

(e) on a stated day, or during a stated period, an authority under this Act—

(i) was, or was not, in force; or

(ii) was, or was not, subject to a stated condition; or

(iii) was, or was not, cancelled or suspended;

(f) a stated amount is payable under this Act by a stated person and has not been paid;

(g) a stated address for the holder of an authority under this Act is the last address of the holder known to any official;

(h) a stated location is within the area of a stated petroleum authority.

(2) In this section—


"certificate" means a certificate purporting to be signed by the commissioner, the chief executive, the CEO, the WHS prosecutor, the chief inspector, an inspector or an authorised officer.