Evidence as to certain matters
84 Evidence as to certain matters
In any legal proceedings, whether or not they are proceedings under this Act—
a certificate purporting to have been signed by the Secretary and to the effect—
that a specified person was, during a specified period, an investigator or an authorised person,
that a specified person was, during a specified period, an authorised officer for the purposes of section 67, or
that specified legislation was, during a specified period, administered by the Minister,
is evidence of the matter certified without proof of the signature or of the official character of the person by whom the certificate purports to have been signed, and
it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the opinion of the Secretary necessary for any of the purposes of this Act was duly formed.
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