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Provisions relating to vehicle plates.
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7.—(1) A certificate purporting to be signed by a Chief Superintendent of the Garda Síochána or by a Superintendent acting on his behalf stating:—
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(a) that a vehicle plate was issued on a specified date from a specified vehicle plate issuing station to a specified person in respect of a specified vehicle, or
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(b) that on a specified date or during a specified period a vehicle plate was not on issue to a specified person from a specified vehicle plate issuing station either in respect of a specified vehicle or otherwise,
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shall, without proof of the signature of the person purporting to sign the certificate or that he was a Chief Superintendent or such a Superintendent, be received in evidence in any legal proceedings under the Principal Act and shall, until the contrary is proved, be accepted as evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.
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(2) Section 30 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (7):
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“(7) Every vehicle plate issued under this section shall be made of such material as the Minister may prescribe and be of the prescribed pattern and bear the prescribed marks thereon.”.
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