Western Australian Current Acts

CAT ACT 2011 - SECT 75

75 .         Evidentiary matters

        (1)         In proceedings for an offence against this Act an allegation in the prosecution notice that, at a specified time, any of the following matters existed is taken to be proved in the absence of evidence to the contrary —

            (a)         that a specified cat was not registered;

            (b)         that a specified person was the registered owner of a specified cat;

            (c)         that a specified person’s name was recorded as the owner of a specified cat in a microchip database;

            (d)         that a specified person ordinarily kept and cared for a specified cat;

            (e)         that a specified cat was ordinarily kept in the district of a specified local government;

            (f)         that a specified person was the owner of a specified cat;

            (g)         that a specified database was a microchip database;

            (h)         that a specified person or body was a microchip database company;

                  (i)         that a specified cat was not sterilised;

            (j)         that a specified cat was not microchipped;

            (k)         that a specified cat had reached 6 months of age.

        (2)         In subsection (1) —

        specified means specified in the prosecution notice.

        (3)         This section is in addition to and does not affect the operation of the Evidence Act 1906 .