Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Road Safety Act 1986 - SECT 78A

Evidence of road distance

78A. Evidence of road distance





(1) A certificate in the prescribed form purporting to be issued by an
approved surveyor certifying as to the shortest distance, expressed in metres,
that would be travelled by a motor vehicle or trailer on a road between 2
points is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary, is proof of that distance.





(2) In this section, approved surveyor means a licensed surveyor within the
meaning of the Surveying Act 2004 who is approved for the purposes of this
section by the Surveyor-General or by the Corporation.