Carbon Pricing Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Miscellaneous
65. Evidence
Feedback & supportThe contents of any record, register or document prepared, issued or served by the Agency or any authorised officer under or for the purposes of this Act are presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.
document
“document” includes, in addition to a document in writing —(a)any map, plan, graph or drawing;(b)any photograph;(c)any label, marking or other writing which identifies or describes anything of which it forms a part, or to which it is attached by any means;(d)any disc, tape, soundtrack or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual images) are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced from it;(e)any film (including microfilm), negative, tape, disc or other device in which one or more visual images are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced from it; and(f)any paper or other material on which there are marks, impressions, figures, letters, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them;
The Minister may prescribe for any record, register or document kept by the Agency or any authorised officer for the purposes of this Act to be public documents, in whole or in part.
Minister
“Minister” means —(a)except as provided in paragraph (b), the Minister charged with the responsibility for sustainability and the environment; and(b)for the purposes of Division 1A of Part 5, the Minister charged with the responsibility for trade and industry;
Copies of or extracts from any record, register or document mentioned in subsection (1) that are —
certified by an officer or employee of the Agency to be true copies or extracts, as the case may be; and
signed by the officer or employee with the name and official title of the officer or employee,are admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of or extracts from the record, register or document.
In any suit under this section, a certificate signed by an authorised officer stating the name of the registered person and the amount of any tax, financial penalty or amount due from the registered person is sufficient evidence of the amount so due until the contrary is proved.