TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 - SECT 211 Evidence--certified copies of documents
TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 - SECT 211
Evidence--certified copies of documents(1) A certificate signed by the Registrar and stating that:
(a) anything required or permitted to be done by the Act or the repealed Act was done or not done on, or had been done or not been done by, a specified date; or
(b) anything prohibited by the Act or the repealed Act was done or not done on, or had been done or not been done by, a specified date; or
(c) a document was available for public inspection at the Trade Marks Office on a specified date or during a specified period;
is prima facie evidence of the matters so stated.
(2) A copy of, or an extract from, a document held in the
Trade Marks Office that is certified by the Registrar to be a true copy or
extract is admissible in any proceedings as if it were the original.