Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00591:section:166:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00591
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 166 (pt 4/4)
Character Range: 375645–376963

duties of an observer on Treaty boats;
  is a copy of a letter, fax, telex or cablegram received by an officer or employee of AFMA or the Commonwealth from an authority of that Pacific Island party.
 (5) The Minister may give a certificate certifying as to any matter relating to the making of decisions by a Joint Authority or relating to instruments executed by a Joint Authority.
 (6) A person giving a certificate under this section that a person was the holder of a statutory fishing right or of a licence or permit granted under this Act may, in the certificate, certify that conditions specified in the certificate were the conditions to which the fishing right, licence or permit, as the case may be, was subject.
 (7) In proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations, a certificate given under this section is:
 (a) in all cases—prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate; and
 (b) in the case of a certificate of the kind mentioned in paragraph (3)(c) or (d) given in respect of a particular document—prima facie evidence of the matters stated in that document.
 (8) A document purporting to have been signed, issued or given under this Act is, on mere production, admissible in any proceedings as prima facie evidence of the fact that it was duly signed, issued or given.