Certificate as to location of vessel

(1) Where in any proceedings under this Act the place or area in which a vessel is alleged to have been located at a 70 Fisheries Resources particular date and time or during a particular period of time is material to an offence charged, then a place or area stated in a certificate given by a Fisheries Officer shall be evidence, unless the contrary is proved, of the place or area in which the vessel was at the date and time or during the period of time stated. (2) A Fisheries Officer shall in any certificate made under sub-section (1) state– (a) his name, address, official position; (b) the name and, if known, call sign of the fishing vessel concerned; (c) the date and time or period of time the vessel was in the place or area; (d) the place or area in which it is alleged the vessel was located; (e) the position fixing instruments used to fix the place or area stated in (d) and their accuracy within specified limits; and (f) a declaration that the Fisheries Officer checked the position fixing instruments a reasonable time before and after they were used to fix the position and they appeared to be working correctly.