Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In proceedings under an applied law (or purporting to be under an applied law), a certificate in writing given by an authorised person about any of the following matters relating to land is evidence of the matters stated in the certificate:
(a) the ownership of the land, or of an estate or interest in the land, on a date or during a period specified in the certificate;
(b) the existence and ownership of a right in respect of the land, on a date or during a period specified in the certificate.
(2) A document that purports to be a certificate referred to in subsection ( 1) is taken to be such a certificate, and to have been duly given, unless the contrary is proved.
(3) In this section:
"authorised person" means a person who is a delegate, in respect of any power or function, under section 139 of the Lands Acquisition Act 1989 .