Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FIRST HOME OWNERS AMENDMENT ACT 1985No. 23, 1985 - SECT 12

12. Section 40 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Evidence

"40. (1) The Secretary may by instrument in writing-

   (a)  create offices for the purposes of this section; and

   (b)  appoint persons to those offices.



"(2) All courts shall take judicial notice of the signature of any person-

   (a)  who holds or has held the office of Secretary; or

   (b)  who holds or has held an office under sub-section (1), and of the fact
        that that person holds or has held that office, if the signature
        purports to be attached or appended to an official document, and any
        such document purporting to be so signed is prima facie evidence in
        all courts of the facts and statements contained in the document.

"(3) A certificate in writing signed by a person who holds or has held an
office referred to in sub-section (2) certifying-

   (a)  that assistance of a specified amount was paid to a specified person
        or to specified persons on a specified date; or

   (b)  that a specified amount is the amount of assistance paid to a
        specified person or to specified persons in consequence of a specified
        act, failure or omission, is prima facie evidence in all courts of the
        matters certified.".