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in the certificate is a liability referred to in paragraph 19 (1) (d), (e) or (f) or 19 (2) (b); or
(c) an instrument specified or described in the certificate is a relevant instrument,
and such certificate is, in all courts and for all purposes, prima facie evidence of the matter stated in the certificate.
(2) Where a document purports to be a certificate under sub-section (1) signed by a person purporting to be an authorised officer, judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of that person and of the fact that that person is or was such an authorised officer.

Exemption from taxation
22. An instrument or document that an authorised officer certifies to have been made, executed or given by reason of, or for a purpose connected with or arising out of, the operation of this Act is not liable to stamp duty or other tax under a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory.

PART V—AMENDMENTS OF EXPORT EXPANSION GRANTS ACT 1978

Principal Act
23. The Export Expansion Grants Act 19781 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Interpretation
24. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "Board";

(b) by inserting after the definition of "claim" in sub-section (1) the following definition:
"'Commission' means the Australian Trade Commission established by section 7 of the Australian Trade Commission Act 1985";
(c) by omitting from the definition of "eligible industrial property rights" in sub-section (1) "Board" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Commission";
(d) by omitting from the definition of "eligible internal services" in sub-section (1) "Board" and substituting "Commission";
(e) by omitting from the definition of "eligible know-how" in sub-section (1) "Board" and substituting "Commission"; and
(f) by omitting from sub-section (4) "Board" and substituting "Commission".

Claims for grants
25. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) "Board" and substituting "Commission";
(b) by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following sub-section:
    "(4) A claim shall be deemed not to have been submitted until it has been received by the Commission or has been received on behalf of the Commission by an officer or employee of the Commission or by a person appointed by the Commission to receive claims under this Act."; and
(c) by omitting from sub-section (5) "Board" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Commission".
26. Section 15 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

Australian Trade Commission
"15. (1) The functions and powers of the Commission include the functions and powers conferred on it by this Act.
"(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), Parts II, III