# Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964, Section 8: Notices, authorisations and proof of documents.


(1) A notice to be served on any person for the purposes of this Part of this Act, or of any order or direction made or given under this Part of this Act, shall be deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is directed if—
(a) it is delivered to him personally, or
(b) it is sent by registered post or the recorded delivery service addressed to him at his last or usual place of abode or place of business.
(2) Where under this Part of this Act a person has power to authorise other persons to act thereunder, the power may be exercised so as to confer the authority either on particular persons or on a specified class of persons.
(3) Any permit, licence, permission or authorisation granted for the purposes of this Part of this Act may be revoked at any time by the authority or person empowered to grant it.
(4) Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by any Minister or other authority or person in pursuance of this Part of this Act, or of any provision having effect under this Part of this Act, and to be signed by or on behalf of that Minister, authority or person shall be received in evidence and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be an instrument made or issued by that Minister, authority or person; and prima facie evidence of any such instrument as aforesaid may, in any legal proceedings (including arbitrations), be given by the production of a document purporting to be certified to be a true copy of the instrument by or on behalf of the Minister or other authority or person having power to make or issue the instrument.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/60/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-laws-re-enactments-and-repeals-act-1964/section-8
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