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(1) Where a photograph is taken of a fishing or related activity and simultaneously the date and time and position from which the photograph is taken are superimposed on the photograph then it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved that the photograph was taken on the date, at the time and in the position so appearing.

(2) The presumption in subsection (1) arises only if

(a) the camera taking the photograph is connected directly to the instruments which provide the date, time and position concerned, and

(b) the instruments which provide the date, time and position are judicially recognised as being usually accurate or are designated machines or were checked as soon as possible after the taking of the photograph against the instruments.

(3) An authorised officer or an observer who takes a photograph of the kind described in subsection (1) may issue a certificate with the photograph attached and state

(a) the name, address, official position, country of appointment of the officer and the provision of the enactment under which the officer is appointed;

(b) the name and the call sign, if known, of a fishing vessel that appears in the photograph;

(c) the names of the camera, watch or clock or any other instruments, supplying the date and time and the position fixing instruments and a declaration that the officer checked those instruments a reasonable time before and after the taking of the photograph and, if necessary, in accordance with subsection (2) (b) and that they all appeared to be working correctly; (£1) the matters set out in subsection (2) (a);

(d) the accuracy of the fixing instrument used within specified limits; and

(e) the maximum possible distance and the direction of the subject of the photograph away from the camera at the time the photograph was taken.

(4) Section 118 applies to a certificate issued under this section as if it had been a certificate issued under section 117 and a reference in the certificate to section 117 shall be read as a reference to this section.