(1) In the absence of proof to the contrary, the
authority of the Minister, the Secretary, the Public Guardian or any employee
to exercise any function conferred or imposed on the Minister, the Secretary,
the Public Guardian or any such employee by or under this Act, or to take any
proceedings for the purposes of this Act, shall be presumed.
(2) An averment
in any complaint or information made or laid under this Act:
(a) that any
instrument, purporting to have been made, issued or granted under this Act and
specified in the averment, was or was not, at a time or during a period so
specified, in force under this Act and was or was not made, granted or issued
subject to conditions so specified,
(b) that any employee has been appointed,
authorised or directed, for the purposes of this Act or the regulations, by
the Minister as stated in the averment,
(c) that any person was, on a date
specified in the averment, a person under guardianship within the meaning of
Part 3, or
(d) that any person was, on a date specified in the averment, an
employee,
shall be prima facie evidence of the facts averred.
