Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In any legal
proceedings —
(a)
until evidence is given to the contrary proof is not required of —
(i)
the constitution of a producers’ committee;
(ii)
the constitution of the Commission;
(iii)
any resolution of the Commission or producers’
committee;
(iv)
the appointment of any member or of the Commission or of
a producers’ committee;
(b)
production of a copy of the Gazette or a newspaper containing or purporting to
contain a copy of any notice or advertisement published under this
Act is —
(i)
evidence of the matters contained in the notice or
advertisement; and
(ii)
evidence that all steps necessary to be taken prior to
the publication of the notice or advertisement were duly taken;
(c) an
averment on behalf of the Commission —
(i)
that any agricultural produce is or was, during a
specified period, agricultural produce to which this Act applies or
applied as the case requires;
(ii)
that any area or place is or was an area or place or is
or was during a specified period within an area specified in a notice or
advertisement; or
(iii)
that any person is or was a producer during a specified
period of agricultural produce,
is until the contrary
is proved evidence of that fact; and
(d) a
certificate —
(i)
signed or purporting to be signed by a prescribed officer
of the Commission;
(ii)
certifying that on a specified day or during a specified
period any person was or was not included in a list of producers of
agricultural produce compiled under this Act,
is, without proof of
the signature of the person purporting to sign the certificate or that the
person is a prescribed officer, evidence of the matters certified in and by
the certificate.
[Section 23 amended by No. 20 of 2000
s. 28, 29, 30 and 31.]