(1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter--
(a) a stated document is 1 of the following things made, given, issued or kept under this Act--
(i) an appointment, approval or decision;
(ii) a notice or requirement;
(iii) a record, or an extract from a record;
(b) a stated document is a copy of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c) on a stated day, or during a stated period, an appointment as an authorised officer was, or was not, in force for a stated person;
(d) on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated notice under this Act;
(e) on a stated day, a stated requirement was made of a stated person.
(2) In a complaint starting a proceeding, a statement that the matter of complaint came to the complainant's knowledge on a stated day is evidence of when the matter came to the complainant's knowledge.