51Evidentiary certificates

#### 51 Evidentiary certificates (1) A certificate by the Secretary stating: (a) that specified amounts have been paid, as a specified kind of payment, to or in relation to a specified person under this Act (including an amount that was paid as a student assistance benefit under this Act as in force before 1 July 1998), a current special educational assistance scheme, or a former special educational assistance scheme, in relation to a specified period; or (b) that, on a specified day, a notice, to a specified effect, under subsection 40(1) was given to a specified person by the Secretary; is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate. (2) A certificate given by the Secretary stating: (a) that a specified amount was the principal sum at a particular time under a specified financial supplement contract; or (b) that a specified amount was the sum of the actual repayments, or the sum of the notional repayments, made before a particular time or during a particular period in respect of a specified financial supplement contract; or (c) that a specified amount was the amount, or the total of the amounts, of subsidy paid by the Commonwealth to a specified participating corporation in respect of a specified financial supplement contract in lieu of interest on the principal sum or in lieu of interest on the principal sum in relation to a specified period; or (d) that a specified amount was, at a particular time, the amount outstanding under a specified financial supplement contract; or (e) that a specified amount was, at a particular time, the indexation amount in relation to a specified financial supplement contract; or (f) that the rights, or specified rights, of a specified participating corporation in respect of a specified person under a specified financial supplement contract were assigned by the corporation to the Commonwealth on a specified date; or (g) that, on a specified day, a person had an FS debt or FS debts to the Commonwealth of a specified amount or specified amounts; or (h) that, on a specified day, a notice, to a specified effect, under a provision of Part 4A was given to a specified person by the Secretary; is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate. (3) In any proceeding, a document purporting to be a certificate by the Secretary under this section is taken, unless the contrary is established, to be such a certificate and to have been duly given.