Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A certificate purporting to be a certificate signed by the Chief Inspector certifying –
is admissible in any proceedings under this Act and shall, until the contrary is established, be evidence of the matters so certified.(a) that a person is or was at the time mentioned in the certificate an inspector;
(b) that a person was or was not the holder of a licence at the time mentioned in the certificate; or
(c) that any provision set out in the certificate was, at the time mentioned in the certificate, a condition of a licence or a condition of an exemption given under this Act –
(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by an inspector certifying –
is admissible in any proceedings under this Act and shall, until the contrary is established, be evidence of the matters so certified.(a) that any substance was meat, a meat product, pet food, a slaughtering product, or a product of a slaughtering product;
(b) that any slaughtering product was produced, processed, or stored at a pet food works;
(c) that any meat was or was not produced at any licensed meat premises or was not passed or certified as fit for human consumption;
(d) that any meat product was produced from meat that was or was not produced at any licensed meat premises or was not passed or certified as fit for human consumption;
(e) that any meat or meat product was, in his opinion, produced from any diseased animal or bird or was for any other reason unfit for human consumption;
(f) that any pet food was or was not produced at a licensed meat premises or licensed pet food works;
(g) that any pet food was, in his opinion, produced from any diseased animal or bird or was for any other reason unfit for consumption by pets;
(h) that any meat, meat product, or pet food was produced from a particular species of animal or bird; or
(i) that a slaughtering product was not passed as fit for human consumption –
(3) If in any proceedings it is proved that any meat, meat product, or pet food was on any premises used by any person for or in connection with the business of selling meat, meat product, or pet food, it shall, unless the contrary is established, be evidence that the meat, meat product, or pet food was being offered, exposed, or stored for sale by that person.