Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In a prosecution under
this Act an averment in the charge that —
(a) a
person is or was the owner of a vessel which is or was licensed, or required
to be licensed, by or under any Act, or is or was unlicensed under this or any
other Act or in respect of which no licence, certificate or permit subsists;
(b) a
vessel is a trading ship or a fishing vessel; or
(c) a
vessel is or was licensed or required to be licensed by or under any Act,
shall be deemed to be
sufficient evidence of that fact in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
[Section 129 amended by No. 84 of 2004
s. 80.]