(1)  In proceedings under this Act, an assertion –

(a) that, at a specified time or during a specified period a specified person was the Minister administering this or any other Act; or

(b) that, at a specified time or during a specified period, a specified person held, or is acting in a specified office; or

(c) that a signature purporting to be the signature of a Minister, a police officer or an authorized person is the signature it purports to be; or

(d) that, at a specified time or during a specified period, a specified person was, or was not, the holder of a specified licence under this Act; or

(e) that, at a specified time, a person attained a specified age or that, at a specified time or during a specified period, a specified person was under or over a specified age –

is evidence of the fact or facts asserted.

(2)  In proceedings under this Act –

(a) a document purporting to be a copy of a direction, notice, order, requirement or decision given or made under this Act is evidence of a direction, notice, order, requirement or decision of which it purports to be a copy; and

(b) a document purporting to be a copy of a licence under this Act is evidence of a licence of which it purports to be a copy; and

(c) evidence that a person accepted service of a document is evidence of the authority of the person to accept service of the document.