Article 7 Incorporation of Secretary of State for International Development
The person who at the coming into force of this Order is the Secretary of State for International Development and any successors to that person shall be, by that name, a corporation sole (with a common seal).
The corporate seal of the Secretary of State for International Development shall be authenticated by the signature of a Secretary of State, or of a Secretary to the Department for International Development, or of a person authorised by a Secretary of State to act in that behalf.
The corporate seal of the Secretary of State for International Development shall be officially and judicially noticed, and every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by the Secretary of State for International Development, and to be sealed with that seal authenticated in the manner provided by paragraph (2), or to be signed or executed by a Secretary to the Department for International Development, or a person authorised as above, shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be so made or issued without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.
A certificate signed by the Secretary of State for International Development that any instrument purporting to be made or issued by that Minister was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.
The Documentary Evidence Act 1868f1 shall apply in relation to the Secretary of State for International Development—
as if references to orders and regulations included references to any document, and
as if the officers mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule included any officer authorised to act on behalf of the Secretary of State.
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