Building Control Act · s 68

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68.
Evidence
(1) Subject to this section, the contents of any document prepared, issued or served under, by virtue of or for the purposes of this Act or the building regulations shall until the contrary is proved be presumed to be correct.
(2) The production of any document purporting to contain any apportionment made under section 61(3) shall, without any other evidence, be received as prima facie proof of the making and validity of the apportionment mentioned therein.
(3) In any proceedings under this Act or the building regulations, a certificate of analysis under section 56(4) purporting to be signed by an analyst shall, on its production by the prosecution without proof of the signature of the analyst, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein unless the defendant requires the analyst to be called as a witness, in which case he shall give notice thereof to the prosecution not less than 3 clear days before the day fixed for the hearing of the summons.
(4) All records and other documents required by this Act or the building regulations to be kept by the Authority are deemed to be public documents, and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies or extracts, as the case may be, subscribed by that officer with his name and his official title shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the documents or extracts.

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(5) Where any information in respect of any building or building works is provided by the Authority by electronic means, the production of any document under the hand of any authorised officer responsible for providing such information purporting to be a hard-copy transcript of all or any such information shall, in all courts and in all proceedings, be sufficient evidence of the information provided electronically and all courts shall in all proceedings take judicial notice of the signature of the public officer.

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s 68Evidence

(1)

Subject to this section, the contents of any document prepared, issued or served under, by virtue of or for the purposes of this Act or the building regulations shall until the contrary is proved be presumed to be correct.

(2)

The production of any document purporting to contain any apportionment made under section 61(3) shall, without any other evidence, be received as prima facie proof of the making and validity of the apportionment mentioned therein.

(3)

In any proceedings under this Act or the building regulations, a certificate of analysis under section 56(4) purporting to be signed by an analyst shall, on its production by the prosecution without proof of the signature of the analyst, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein unless the defendant requires the analyst to be called as a witness, in which case he shall give notice thereof to the prosecution not less than 3 clear days before the day fixed for the hearing of the summons.

(4)

All records and other documents required by this Act or the building regulations to be kept by the Authority are deemed to be public documents, and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies or extracts, as the case may be, subscribed by that officer with his name and his official title shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the documents or extracts.

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(5)

Where any information in respect of any building or building works is provided by the Authority by electronic means, the production of any document under the hand of any authorised officer responsible for providing such information purporting to be a hard-copy transcript of all or any such information shall, in all courts and in all proceedings, be sufficient evidence of the information provided electronically and all courts shall in all proceedings take judicial notice of the signature of the public officer.