(1)The production of a printed copy of a bye-law purporting to be made by a council, upon which is endorsed a certificate purporting to be signed by the clerk of the council stating—
(a)that the bye-law was made by the council;
(b)that the copy is a true copy of the bye-law;
(c)that on a specified date the bye-law was confirmed by the government department named in the certificate or was so confirmed subject to any specified consents;
(d)the date, if any, fixed by the Ministry concerned for the coming into operation of the bye-law;
shall be evidence of the facts stated in the certificate, and without proof of the handwriting or official position of any person purporting to sign a certificate in pursuance of this section.
(2)The validity of a bye-law which has been confirmed by a government department shall not be questioned in any legal proceedings on the ground that that department is not the Ministry concerned.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 91-94 applied (with modifications) (9.6.2010) by River Bann Navigation Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/126), arts. 1(1), 3(2)