Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL COMPANIES AND SECURITIES COMMISSION ACT 1979 No. 173, 1979 - SECT 51

51. (1) A certificate purporting to be signed by a member of the Ministerial
Council, or by a person authorized by the Ministerial Council to sign
certificates for the purposes of this sub-section, stating that the
Ministerial Council has made any nomination, appointment or recommendation,
given any consent or direction, passed any resolution, done any other act or
formed any opinion is, upon mere production, receivable as prima facie
evidence of that fact.

(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by a member of the Ministerial
Council stating that a specified person is authorized by the Ministerial
Council to sign certificates for the purposes of sub-section (1) is, upon mere
production, receivable as prima facie evidence that the person is so
authorized.

(3) A function or power conferred by an Act on the Ministerial Council may, if
the Ministerial Council has authorized a member of the Ministerial Council, or
has authorized the Commission, to perform or exercise that function or power,
be performed or exercised by that member or by the Commission, as the case may
be.