Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Marine Act 1988 - SECT 54

Certificate by Minister as to amendments of Conventions

54. Certificate by Minister as to amendments of Conventions



(1) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, certify that the amendments,
other than amendments objected to by Australia, by which the Prevention of
Collisions Convention was affected as at such date as is specified in the
certificate are set out in, or annexed to, the certificate, and the
certificate is, for all purposes, evidence and, in the absence of evidence to
the contrary, proof of the matters so certified.

(2) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, certify that the amendments,
other than amendments objected to by Australia, by which the Safety
Convention, or Protocol of 1978 relating to the Safety Convention, was
affected as at such date as is specified in the certificate are set out in, or
annexed to, the certificate, and the certificate is, for all purposes,
evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the matters
so certified.