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BUILDING WORK CONTRACTORS ACT 1995 - SECT 59

BUILDING WORK CONTRACTORS ACT 1995 - SECT 59

59—Evidence

        (1)         In proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act, if it is proved that a person performed building work for another for fee or reward, the person is, unless the contrary is proved, to be taken to have been carrying on business as a building work contractor.

        (2)         In proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act, if it is proved that a person has, during a period of five years, sold or let (whether by lease, licence or other agreement) two or more buildings each of which has been built or improved as a result of building work performed by that person during that period, the person is, unless the contrary is proved, to be taken to have been carrying on business as a building work contractor.

        (3)         In any proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of the Commissioner certifying—

            (a)         that a person was or was not licensed as a building work contractor on a specified date; or

            (b)         that a person was or was not registered as a building work supervisor on a specified date; or

            (c)         that a person was, or that no person was, approved as a building work supervisor in relation to a specified building work contractor's business on a specified date,

will be accepted, in the absence of proof to the contrary, as proof of the matters so certified.