Infectious Diseases Act 1976 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Miscellaneous
63. Evidence
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All records, registers and other documents kept by the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration, the Director-General of Health, any Port Health Officer, Health Officer, adjunct Health Officer or officer of the Communicable Diseases Agency for the purposes of this Act are deemed to be public documents, and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies or extracts (as the case may be) subscribed by such officer with his or her name and his or her official title are admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the documents or extracts from the documents.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;
In any proceedings for the recovery of costs and expenses incurred by the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration, the Director-General of Health, a Port Health Officer, a Health Officer or an adjunct Health Officer, a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration or the Director-General of Health and specifying —
Port Health Officer
“Port Health Officer” means any Health Officer in charge of a port and includes his or her deputies and assistants;
the costs and expenses claimed as due and payable; and
the person named in the certificate as liable for the payment of the costs and expenses,is prima facie evidence of the facts certified and of the signature of the Director‑General of Public Health, the Director‑General, Food Administration or the Director-General of Health thereto, as the case may be.