South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) In any proceedings
for an offence against this Act, an apparently genuine document purporting to
be signed by the Director, and to state that at any specified time or during
any specified period a person was or was not the holder of a permit under this
Act is proof of the matter so stated in the absence of proof to the contrary.
(2) In any proceedings
for an offence against this Act, an allegation in a complaint that a place
referred to in the complaint is, or was at a time specified in the complaint,
a reserve or sanctuary under this Act or a wilderness protection area or
wilderness protection zone or is situated within a reserve, sanctuary,
wilderness protection area or zone, will be accepted as proved in the absence
of proof to the contrary.
(3) Where in any
proceedings for an offence against this Act, any question arises as to whether
the defendant was duly authorised pursuant to this Act to perform the action
subject to the charge, the onus of proving that authorisation lies upon the
defendant.
(4) In any proceedings
for an offence against this Act, an allegation in the complaint that a person
named in the complaint is, or was at a time specified in the complaint, a
warden will be accepted as proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.
(5) In proceedings for
an offence against this Act, an allegation in the complaint that an animal
referred to in the complaint was a protected animal, or that a carcass or egg
referred to in the complaint was the carcass or egg of a protected animal,
will be accepted as proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.
(6) In any proceedings
for an offence against this Act, an allegation in the complaint that an animal
referred to in the complaint was of a specified species, or that a carcass or
egg referred to in the complaint was the carcass or egg of an animal of a
specified species, will be accepted as proved in the absence of proof to the
contrary.