(1)  Any of the following is evidence of any election or appointment of a councillor or employee or proceedings at a meeting of a council or council committee:

(a) a duly confirmed entry in the minutes of the council or committee; or

(b) a certified copy of, or extract from, an entry in the minutes of the council sealed with the seal of the council and signed by one of the following:

(i) the mayor;

(ii) the chairperson;

(iii) the general manager.

(2)  For a document to be evidence under this section, it is not necessary to prove any of the following:

(a) that a meeting referred to in the document was duly convened or held;

(b) that the persons attending the meeting were councillors or members of the committee to which the entry relates;

(c) the signature of the mayor, deputy mayor, chairperson or general manager;

(d) that any person is or was the mayor, deputy mayor or general manager.