Finance Act, 1993
|
Evidence. |
61.—(1) In any proceedings a certificate signed by an officer of the Minister authorised by the Minister for the purposes of this section and containing information stated to be taken from records maintained by the Minister under section 60 or records relating to vehicles or drivers of vehicles maintained by the Minister under any other provision of or made under any statute or, as the case may be, information obtained by the Minister under section 131 (7) of the Act of 1992 shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated in the certificate. | |
(2) In any proceedings a certificate signed by an officer of a licensing authority authorised by the authority for the purposes of this section and containing information stated to be taken from records maintained by the authority under section 60 or records relating to vehicles or drivers of vehicles maintained by the authority under any other provisions of or made under any statute shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated in the certificate. | ||
(3) In any proceedings a document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (1) or (2) shall be deemed to be such a certificate, to have been signed by an officer of the Minister or, as the case may be, the licensing authority, concerned duly authorised for the purpose under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be, unless the contrary is shown. | ||
(4) A certificate under this section that purports to bear a facsimile of the signature of the authorised officer concerned or a copy of such a signature applied by means of a stamp or produced by a computer shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to have been signed by the officer. |