81Effect of judicial or official notice

81 Effect of judicial or official notice If a court or person acting judicially takes judicial or official notice, under section 80, of a seal or signature attached or appended to a document, the court or person must presume— (a) that the seal or signature was properly attached or appended at the time and place (if any) purporting to be the time and place at which it was so attached or appended; and (b) that there was jurisdiction or authority to sign or seal the document at that time and place; and (c) that the document is what, on its construction, it purports to be; and (d) that the document is a valid and subsisting document. Pt 3 Div. 7 (Heading and ss 82–86) amended by Nos 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 41.2, 41.3), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. items 67.20, 67.21), 78/1991 s. 26, 125/1993 s. 20(4)(a), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 23. Pt 3 Div. 8 (Heading and ss 87–89) amended by Nos 9019 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 66), 9059 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 15), 10084 s. 25, 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. items 67.22, 67.23), 43/1994 s. 56(Sch. item 2), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 24. Pt 3 Div. 9 (Heading and ss 90–98) repealed[[7]](#endnote-8), new Pt 3 Div. 9 (Heading and ss 89A–89E) inserted by No. 53/2006 s. 4.