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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (VEHICLE OPERATIONS) ACT 2001 (NO. 71 OF 2001) - SECT 23

Section 67A inserted

After section 67 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part 8:

67A.     Evidence of measurement

(1)  In any proceedings in a court, a certificate certifying a measurement in accordance with this Act is admissible in evidence and, in the absence of proof to the contrary, is proof of the accuracy of that measurement.
(2)  A certificate signed by a person authorised by the Secretary of the Department that, at a specified time on a specified date, a weighing device or other measuring instrument –
(a) was in proper working order; and
(b) was accurate; and
(c) had been tested in accordance with this Act; and
(d) was marked with the number specified in the certificate –
is admissible in evidence of the matter so certified and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, as proof of those matters.
(3)  A certificate or copy of a certificate issued under the regulations and signed by a police officer, or an authorised officer, who inspected a vehicle or combination is evidence of the matters contained in the certificate, in particular –
(a) the mass of a vehicle or combination with or without its load; and
(b) the wheel load, single axle load, axle group load, aggregate axle load or mass on a tyre –
and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of those matters.
(4)  A certificate signed by a police officer or an authorised officer certifying that a wheel, axle or tyre of the vehicle or combination is of a specified type or class is evidence of that matter and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of that matter.



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