215Certificates relating to assets, liabilities and instruments

#### 215 Certificates relating to assets, liabilities and instruments (1) An authorised officer may certify, in writing, that: (a) an asset or liability specified or described in the certificate became, because of section 207 of this Act as in force before ATSIC abolition day, an asset or liability of the successor Commission; or (b) an asset or liability specified or described in the certificate became, because of section 208 of this Act as in force before 17 April 2001, an asset or liability of the body previously known as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commercial Development Corporation and now known as Indigenous Business Australia; or (c) an instrument specified or described in the certificate is an old Commission instrument for the purposes of section 211 of this Act as in force before ATSIC abolition day. (2) A certificate under subsection (1) is, in all courts and for all purposes, evidence of the matter stated in the certificate. (3) Where a document purports to be a certificate under subsection (1) signed by a person purporting to be an authorised officer, judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of the person and of the fact that the person is or was an authorised officer.