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Rule 12.6 Documents issuing from Secretary of StateI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • rule 4.54(5-CVL) substituted for rule 4.54(5) by Insolvency 2010 Sch. 1 para. 179(5)
(1)

Any document purporting to be, or to contain, any order, directions or certificate issued by the Secretary of State shall be received in evidence and deemed to be or (as the case may be) contain that order or certificate, or those directions, without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.

(2)

Paragraph (1) applies whether the document is signed by the Secretary of State himself or an officer on his behalf.

(3)

Without prejudice to the foregoing, a certificate signed by the Secretary of State or an officer on his behalf and confirming—

(a)

the making of any order,

(b)

the issuing of any document, or

(c)

the exercise of any discretion, power or obligation arising or imposed under the Act or the Rules,

is conclusive evidence of the matters dealt with in the certificate.

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 12.6 in force at 29.12.1986, see rule 0.1