Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Commonwealth Places (Administration of Laws) Act 1970 - SECT 13

Certificates as to ownership of land

13. Certificates as to ownership of land



(1) A certificate in writing given by an authorized person-

   (a)  as to the ownership of land, or of an estate or interest in land,
        specified in the certificate, on a date or during a period so
        specified; or

   (b)  as to the existence and ownership, on a date or during a period
        specified in the certificate, of a right so specified in respect of
        land so specified-

is, in proceedings under or purporting to be under, the law of the State in
which any question arises whether a place is a Commonwealth place, evidence of
the matters stated in the certificate.

(2) For the purposes of the last preceding subsection a writing purporting to
be a certificate referred to in that subsection shall, unless the contrary is
proved, be deemed to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.

(3) In this section authorized person has the same meaning as in section 17 of
the Commonwealth Act.