Evidence as to publication
80 Evidence as to publication
In any proceedings under this Act—
where a published statement is intended, or apparently intended, to promote the supply or use of any goods or services, or the sale or grant of an interest in land, and
a name, business name, address, telephone number or post office box number specified in the statement is that of a person, or the agent of a person, who—
is the owner, whether alone or jointly with another person or other persons, of the goods or interest in land,
is the supplier of the goods or services,
has an interest, otherwise than as owner, in the goods, or
has an interest, otherwise than as supplier, in the supply of the services,
it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is established, that the person or agent, as the case may be, caused the statement to be published.
For the purposes of subsection (1), a person who causes a statement to be published shall be deemed to have done so on each day on which the statement is published.
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