(1)Where a certificate under the seal of the Ministry is required for the purposes of section forty-nine of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870 M1, or of section twenty or section twenty-eight of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887 M2, that seal may, notwithstanding any provision of the[F1 Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999]F1, be authenticated by the signature of any of such officers of the Ministry as may be authorised by the Minister of Finance to authenticate that seal in such circumstances as the said Minister may specify.
(2)Any authority given by the Minister of Finance under this section shall be published in the Belfast Gazette, and the production of a copy of that Gazette purporting to be printed under the authority of the officer for the time being appointed to print the Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and containing the publication of the authority given by the said Minister, shall be conclusive evidence of the giving thereof.