(1) In legal
proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of
the Minister or Chief Inspector certifying—
(a) that
a person is or was at a specified date an inspector;
(b) that
a person is or was at a specified date an analyst;
(c) that
a person or brand was or was not registered under this Act at a specified date
or as to the particulars of registration;
(d) as
to the giving or making and the contents of a notice, certification, order,
delegation, exemption or approval under this Act,
constitutes proof of the matters so certified in the absence of proof to the
contrary.
(2) In legal
proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of
an analyst and setting out details as to an analysis carried out by or under
the direction of the person and the results of the analysis constitutes proof,
in the absence of proof to the contrary, of the matters so certified.
(3) An allegation in a
complaint—
(a) that
a person is or was at a specified date the owner or person in control of
specified livestock or other property; or
(b) that
something done was done without the approval of the Chief Inspector,
constitutes proof of the matters so alleged in the absence of proof to the
contrary.
(4) In legal
proceedings, proof that a hive was found on premises constitutes proof, in the
absence of proof to the contrary, that bees were kept by the occupier of the
premises.