EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 34

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 34

34—Evidentiary

In any proceedings, a document—

            (a)         purporting to be signed by the State Co-ordinator and certifying that a person named, or referred to, in the document was, on a specified date, an authorised officer; or

            (b)         purporting to be signed by the State Co-ordinator and certifying that a declaration of an identified major incident or major emergency was in force in respect of a specified emergency on a specified day or during a specified period; or

            (c)         purporting to be signed by the Minister and certifying that a declaration of a disaster was in force in respect of a specified emergency on a specified day or during a specified period,

is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof of the facts so certified.