South Australian Consolidated Acts

HIGHWAYS ACT 1926 - SECT 30F

30F—Evidentiary provision

An apparently genuine document purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner stating that—

            (a)         a road was a controlled-access road;

            (b)         a place was not a route or means of access specified in a proclamation under section 30A, or a means of access provided or approved by the Commissioner, for entering or leaving a controlled-access road;

            (c)         a notice had been given under section 30A of a proposed proclamation declaring a road to be a controlled-access road;

            (d)         a person did or did not have the consent of the Commissioner for the construction, formation or paving of a means of access to a controlled-access road or a road in respect of which notice had been given under section 30A of a proposed proclamation declaring the road to be a controlled-access road;

            (e)         a provision was a condition of a consent of the Commissioner for the construction, formation or paving of a means of access to a road;

            (f)         a fence, wall, post, barrier or other impediment to the passage of traffic was erected by the Commissioner;

            (g)         a traffic sign or notice was erected by the Commissioner;

            (h)         lines, words or signs were marked by the Commissioner on a road;

                  (i)         a sum of money constituted a loss suffered by the Commissioner as a result of the commission of an offence against this Part;

            (j)         a sum of money was expended by the Commissioner in making good damage arising from the commission of an offence against this Part,

will be accepted in any legal proceedings, in absence of proof to the contrary, as proof of the matters stated in the document.