Victorian Numbered Acts

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND FOOD LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 60 OF 2012) - SECT 63

After section 50AA of the Food Act 1984 insert —

        " 50AAB     Evidentiary certificate signed by the Secretary DPI or the chief executive officer of DFSV or PrimeSafe

In any proceeding for an offence against this Act, a certificate signed by the Secretary DPI, the chief executive officer of DFSV or the chief executive officer of PrimeSafe stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

        (a)     a stated document is one of the following things made, given or issued under this Act—

              (i)     an appointment, authorisation, exemption, declaration or other decision;

              (ii)     an order or a notice, direction or requirement;    

              (iii)     a record or an extract from a record;

        (b)         a stated document is a copy of a thing referred to in paragraph (a);

        (c)     on a stated day, or during a stated period, an authorisation as an authorized officer was, or was not, in force for a stated person;

        (d)     on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated order, notice or direction under this Act;

        (e)     a stated amount is payable under this Act by a stated person and has not been paid.".