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Change 1
As published
86 Admissibility of documents.
In any legal proceedings any document purporting to be—
(a) a document issued by an education authority, and to be signed by the proper officer of that authority . . .;
(b) an extract from the minutes of the proceedings of an education authority or of any committee or sub-committee thereof, and to be signed by the chairman of the authority or of the committee or sub-committee or by the officer having the custody of the minutes;
(c) a certificate giving particulars of the attendance of a pupil at a school , and to be signed by the head teacher of the school ;
(d) a certificate issued by a medical officer of a Health Board, and to be signed by such officer;
(e) a certificate issued by an education authority that an attendance order has been made by the authority and a copy thereof served upon the parent of the child to whom the order relates, and to be signed by the proper officer of the authority . . .; or
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be the document which it purports to be, and to have been signed by the person by whom it purports to have been signed, without proof of his identity, signature or official capacity, and any such extract or certificate as is mentioned in paragraph (b) (c) (d) or (e) above shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be sufficient evidence of the matters therein stated.
Your change, as a redline
86 Admissibility of documents.
In any legal proceedings any document purporting to be—
(a) a document issued by an education authority, and to be signed by the proper officer of that authority . . .;
(b) an extract from the minutes of the proceedings of an education authority or of any committee or sub-committee thereof, and to be signed by the chairman of the authority or of the committee or sub-committee or by the officer having the custody of the minutes;
(c) a certificate giving particulars of the attendance of a pupil at a school , and to be signed by the head teacher of the school ;
(d) a certificate issued by a medical officer of a Health Board, and to be signed by such officer;
(e) a certificate issued by an education authority that an attendance order has been made by the authority and a copy thereof served upon the parent of the child to whom the order relates, and to be signed by the proper officer of the authority . . .; or
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be the document which it purports to be, and to have been signed by the person by whom it purports to have been signed, without proof of his identity, signature or official capacity, and any such extract or certificate as is mentioned in paragraph (b) (c) (d) or (e) above shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be sufficient evidence of the matters therein stated.
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