40Documents taken to be duly signed

40 Documents taken to be duly signed

(1) A document bearing the written name of the Registrar in place of the Registrar’s signature must, unless it is proved that the document was issued without authority, be taken to have been duly signed by the Registrar. (2) Judicial notice must be taken of the name and signature of the Registrar. (3) In this regulation:

name, for a person, includes a facsimile of the person’s signature.

Registrar, includes a person who is, or was at any time, the Registrar or a delegate of the Registrar.

Note: Section 25 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 defines document and writing in broad terms. See also section 18A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.