489Evidence

489 Evidence (1) For the purposes of proceedings against a person for the recovery of a premium, a certificate purporting to be issued by the Authority certifying that— (a) the person named in the certificate was liable to pay the premium in respect of the period specified in the certificate; or (b) an assessment of the premium was duly made against the person; or (c) the particulars of the assessment are as stated in the certificate; or (d) notice of premium or adjusted premium was given to the person; or (e) the amount specified in the certificate was at the date of the certificate payable as the premium by the person named in the certificate— is evidence of the matters so certified. (2) The production of— (a) a notice of premium or adjusted premium; or (b) a document purporting to be executed in accordance with section 504 and purporting to be a copy of a notice of premium or adjusted premium— is evidence of the due making of an assessment and that the amount and all particulars of the assessment are correct, except in review or appeal proceedings (in which it is proof in the absence of proof to the contrary). (3) The production of a document purporting to be executed in accordance with section 504, being a document purporting to be a copy of, or extract from, any document or return furnished to, or issued by, the Authority is, for all purposes, sufficient evidence of the matter contained in it, without producing the original. Division 8—Reviews by Minister