Queensland Consolidated Acts

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 66B

66B Certificate or report about remotely sensed image

(1) A signature on a certificate or report purporting to be the signature of an appropriately qualified person who gave the certificate or report is evidence of the signature it purports to be.

(2) A statement of any of the following matters in the certificate or report is evidence of the matters stated in the absence of evidence to the contrary—

(a) the person’s qualifications;

(b) a stated document is a remotely sensed image, or a copy of a remotely sensed image, of a stated area;

(c) the date on which a stated remotely sensed image was produced;

(d) the person’s stated conclusions drawn from a stated remotely sensed image;

(e) the location of a stated area;

(f) whether vegetation in a stated area has been cleared;

(g) whether a stated area is or is likely to be an area of remnant vegetation or regulated regrowth vegetation.

(3) A party to the proceeding intending to challenge the statement must give each other party notice of the party’s intention to adduce relevant evidence at least 20 business days before the evidence is adduced.

(4) The notice must state the grounds on which the party intends to rely to prove that the statement was not correct.