Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000
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116 Evidence (1) If, in any legal proceedings, a person is alleged to have held a specified appointment under this Act at a specified time, the allegation is taken to have been proved in the absence of proof to (2) In any legal proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of the Utilities Commission certifying: (a) that a person was or was not the holder of a licence at a specified date or as to the particulars or conditions of a licence; or (b) as to the giving and contents of an order, direction, delegation, exemption, approval or authorisation by the Utilities Commission, constitutes proof of the matters certified in the absence of proof to (3) In any legal proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of an authorised officer certifying as to the giving and contents of a direction by the officer under this Act, constitutes proof of the matters certified in the absence of proof to (4) If, in any legal proceedings, a person is alleged to have acted without proper authority or a specified approval required under this Act, the absence of authority or approval will be presumed in the absence of proof that the authority or approval in fact existed or had been given.
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