Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 - SECT 59

             (1)  An authorised officer may, by writing, certify that:

                     (a)  an asset or liability specified or described in the certificate became, because of section 54, an asset or liability of the new Institute; or

                     (b)  an instrument specified or described in the certificate is an old Institute instrument.

             (2)  A certificate under subsection (1) is, in all courts and for all purposes, evidence of the matter stated in the certificate.

             (3)  Where a document purports to be a certificate under subsection (1) signed by a person purporting to be an authorised officer, judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of the person and of the fact that the person is or was an authorised officer.