90Certificates as evidence

#### 90 Certificates as evidence (1) In this regulation: > instrument means: (a) an authorisation mentioned in paragraph 12(2)(a); or (b) a certificate; or (c) a permission under regulation 71; or (d) the instrument of appointment of a verifying, certifying or approving authority. (2) An instrument is evidence of a matter stated in the instrument. (3) The instrument may be received in evidence: (a) in any court, whether or not the court is exercising federal jurisdiction; and (b) in any proceeding before a person who is authorised by a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, or by consent of the parties to the proceeding, to receive and examine evidence. (4) Unless the contrary is established: (a) the instrument is taken to be issued by the person by whom the instrument purports to be issued; and (b) the instrument is taken to be signed by the person by whom the instrument purports to be signed; and (c) the person by whom the instrument purports to be signed is taken to be a person authorised under these regulations to sign the instrument.