39ARegulations to be judicially noticed

39A Regulations to be judicially noticed

[Section 39A Inserted by No. 40 of 1985, s. 7 ]

(1)  Subject to subsection (2) , judicial notice shall be taken of regulations made or purporting to be made under an Act –

(a) that are published in the Gazette, in the case of regulations that are not statutory rules within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 ; or

(b) the making of which is notified in the Gazette, in the case of regulations that are statutory rules within that meaning.

(2)  Notwithstanding subsection (1) , a court, judge, or justice may require proof of the making of any regulations referred to in that subsection or of their publication in the Gazette, or, as the case may be, of the notification in the Gazette of their making.