New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 233A

233A Certificate evidence of certain matters

(1) A document signed by the regulator, or by a member of staff designated by the regulator for the purposes of this section, and certifying any one or more of the matters specified in subsection (2) is admissible in any proceedings under this Act and is prima facie evidence of the matters so certified.

(2) The following matters are specified for the purposes of subsection (1)--

(a) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, an inspector,

(b) that a person was or was not, at a specified time or during a specified period, a member of staff of the regulator,

(c) that a specified function under this Act was delegated to a specified person during a specified period,

(d) that an inspector had, at a specified time or during a specified period, the written authorisation of the regulator to bring proceedings for an offence against this Act (either generally or in a particular case).

(3) For the purposes of the certification of a matter referred to in subsection (2) (a), the person who appointed the inspector concerned is taken to be a member of staff designated by the regulator (as referred to in subsection (1)).