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5.—(1) The Code must be made available to the public, with or without payment, in whatever way the Panel thinks appropriate.
(2) A person is not to be taken to have contravened a rule if he shows that at the time of the alleged contravention the Code had not been made available as required by paragraph (1).
(3) The production of a document purporting to be a printed copy of the Code endorsed with a certificate signed by an officer of the Panel authorised by it for that purpose and stating—
(a)that it is a true copy of the Code, and
(b)that on a specified date the Code was made available to the public as required by paragraph (1),
is evidence (or in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the facts contained in the certificate.
(4) A certificate purporting to be signed as mentioned in paragraph (3) is to be treated as having been properly signed unless the contrary is shown.
(5) A person who wishes in any legal proceedings to rely on the Code may require the Panel to endorse a copy of the Code with a certificate of the kind mentioned in paragraph (3).
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