{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/section-39ZA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/section-39ZA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/14",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998",
  "path": "section/39ZA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39ZA",
  "heading": "Certificates",
  "text": "A document bearing a certificate which—\n(a)is signed by a person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State, and\n(b)states that the document, apart from the certificate, is a record of a decision of an officer of the Secretary of State,\nshall be conclusive evidence of the decision; and a certificate purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 39ZA inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 166"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 39ZA applied (with modifications) (6.4.2010) by The National Insurance Contribution Credits (Transfer of Functions) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1377), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(s), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/14/section/39ZA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:23:08.158022+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}