Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 1988 - SECT 56

Each of the following applies in a proceeding for the purposes of this Act--

(a) it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the commissioner or, an inspector, authorised officer or police officer;

(b) a signature purporting to be that of the commissioner or an inspector shall be taken to be the signature it purports to be until the contrary is proved;

(c) a document purporting to be signed by the commissioner to the effect that a person named therein was or was not, on a day or during a period so specified, the holder of a licence so specified shall upon its production in that proceeding be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of the matters contained in the document;

(d) a document purporting to be signed by the commissioner to the effect that a person named therein was, on a day or during a period so specified, authorised for the purposes of section 45 shall upon its production in that proceeding be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of the matters contained in the document;

(e) an averment in a complaint of the date on which the commission of an offence against this Act came to the knowledge of the complainant shall be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of that averment.