Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 260

260 Evidentiary aids

(1) This section applies to a proceeding under, or in relation to, this Act or the QBCC Act .

(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the QBCC commissioner stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

(a) a stated document is a copy of, or an extract from or part of—

(i) a licence; or

(ii) the register; or

(iii) another document kept or made under chapter 6 , part 2 , 3 or 4 ; or

(iv) the pool safety inspectors register; or

(v) the regulated pools register; or

(vi) a pool safety certificate; or

(vii) another document kept or made under chapter 8 ;

(b) on a stated day, or during a stated period, a licence or a licence as a pool safety inspector—

(i) was, or was not, in force; or

(ii) was, or was not, subject to a stated condition; or

(iii) was, or was not, cancelled or suspended.

(3) A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

(a) a stated document is a copy of, or an extract from or part of—

(i) the BCA; or

(ii) the QDC; or

(iii) a document kept or made under this Act, other than a document kept or made under chapter 6 , part 2 , 3 or 4 ;

(b) an edition of the BCA was the current edition of the BCA at a stated time or during a stated period;

(c) a particular version of the QDC was in force at a stated time or during a stated period;

(d) a particular part of the QDC was in force at a stated time or during a stated period.