170Evidence

170 Evidence

A certificate that is signed by a person authorised by the Commission for the purposes of this section and that certifies any one or more of the following matters is admissible in criminal or civil proceedings under this Act and (in the absence of evidence to the contrary) is evidence of the matters so certified:

(a) that a specified candidate, third-party campaigner or associated entity was or was not registered in a specified register kept under this Act at a specified time or during a specified period;

(b) that a specified party was or was not registered under the Electoral Act 2004 at a specified time or during a specified period;

(c) that a specified person was or was not registered as a party agent, or an official agent, in a specified register kept under this Act at a specified time or during a specified period;

(d) that there was no person registered at a specified time or during a specified period as the agent of a specified party, third-party campaigner or associated entity.