(1) An entry on the list prepared under section 259
to the effect--
(a) that a penalty notice was issued to an elector--is
evidence of the issue of the notice, or
(b) that there was no response to a
penalty notice issued to an elector--is evidence that there was no such
response within the time specified under section 259, or
(c) that a reason
for an elector's failure to vote was given in response to a penalty notice but
was insufficient--is evidence that the reason given was not a sufficient
reason under section 259.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to a copy of, or an
extract from, the list prepared under section 259, certified by the
Electoral Commissioner to be a true copy or extract, in the same way as those
provisions apply in relation to the list prepared under section 259.
