Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01028:reg:16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01028
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16
Character Range: 22100–23407

16  Evidentiary certificates
 (1) The Statistician may give a certificate that:
 (a) a document attached to the certificate is a true copy of a notice directing a person specified in the certificate to:
 (i) fill up and supply a form in accordance with instructions in, or accompanying, the form under subsection 10(4) of the Act; or
 (ii) answer specified questions under subsection 11(2) of the Act; and
 (b) in the case of a notice under subsection 10(4) of the Act:
 (i) a form attached to the certificate is a true copy of the form that accompanied that notice; and
 (ii) if instructions accompanied the form referred to in subparagraph (i), a document attached to the certificate is a true copy of those instructions.
 (2) The Statistician may give a certificate that a document attached to the certificate is a true copy of an undertaking of the kind referred to in paragraph 13(2)(c) of the Act by a person specified in the certificate.
 (3) In proceedings for an offence against the Act, a certificate given under this section is prima facie evidence of the facts specified in the certificate.
 (4) For the purposes of this section, a document purporting to be a certificate given under this section is taken to be such a certificate, unless the contrary is proved.

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