Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00956:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00956
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 21059–22029

17  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, any part of the applied provisions, prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.
 (2) For the purposes of the last preceding subsection:
 (a) an authorized person is a person in respect of whom there is in force for the time being a delegation of any power under section 139 of the Lands Acquisition Act 1989; and
 (b) 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.