Paragraph 166 Social Security Act 1998I1

Before section 39 insert—

“Certificates

39ZA.

• A document bearing a certificate which—

  1. (a)

     is signed by a person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State, and

  2. (b)

     states that the document, apart from the certificate, is a record of a decision of an officer of the Secretary of State,

• shall 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.”.