PART VIII PROCEEDINGS AND INQUIRIES — Proof of certificate

A certificate purporting to be signed by the minister or his or her deputy or by an official in his or her department, specially or generally designated for the purpose by the minister, stating that a report, request or notice was or was not received or given by the minister under this Act, and where so received or given, and the date upon which it was so received or given, is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the facts stated there without proof of the signature or of the official character of the person appearing to have signed it.