16Evidentiary certificates

16 Evidentiary certificates

(1) The Statistician may give a certificate that: (a) a document attached to the certificate is a true copy of a notice directing a person specified in the certificate to: (i) fill up and supply a form in accordance with instructions in, or accompanying, the form under subsection 10(4) of the Act; or (ii) answer specified questions under subsection 11(2) of the Act; and (b) in the case of a notice under subsection 10(4) of the Act: (i) a form attached to the certificate is a true copy of the form that accompanied that notice; and (ii) if instructions accompanied the form referred to in subparagraph (i), a document attached to the certificate is a true copy of those instructions. (2) The Statistician may give a certificate that a document attached to the certificate is a true copy of an undertaking of the kind referred to in paragraph 13(2)(c) of the Act by a person specified in the certificate. (3) In proceedings for an offence against the Act, a certificate given under this section is prima facie evidence of the facts specified in the certificate. (4) For the purposes of this section, a document purporting to be a certificate given under this section is taken to be such a certificate, unless the contrary is proved.