Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Road Safety Act 1986 - SECT 83A

Evidence relating to prescribed detection devices

83A. Evidence relating to prescribed detection devices



(1) A certificate in the prescribed form purporting to be issued by an
authorised person certifying-

   (a)  that a prescribed detection device for the purposes of section 66 was
        tested, sealed or used in the prescribed manner; or

   (b)  that an image or message described in the certificate was produced by
        a detection device prescribed for the purposes of section 66 or by a
        prescribed process; or

   (c)  as to any other matter that appears in, or that can be determined
        from, the records kept in relation to the detection device or the
        prescribed process by the police force of Victoria-

is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and, in the absence of evidence
to the contrary, is proof of the matters stated in the certificate.

(2) In this section authorised person means a person authorised for the
purposes of this section by the Chief Commissioner of Police.