LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 9.39

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 9.39

9.39 .         Proving document given to another party

        (1)         In proceedings in which a document that was given to a person who is a party to the proceedings has to be proved, the person against whom it is sought to prove the document is to be regarded as having received notice to produce it.

        (2)         Evidence of the contents of the document may be given by tendering what purports to be a copy of it, bearing what purports to be a certificate of the person who it is claimed was the author of the document stating that the copy is a true copy of the original.

        (3)         Evidence of the giving of the document may be given by tendering what purports to be a certificate of the person who gave the document stating where, when, and how, the document was given.