Regulation 3 Evidence of official records

For the purposes of Part III of the Act (determination of claims and questions) a certificate signed by a duly authorised officer of the F1Department of Social Security , as to the manner in which any contributions paid or treated as having been paid or as not repaid have been or are to be recorded in the records of that Department, shall be sufficient evidence of the facts so certified; and any document purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.