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PART 6APPLICATION OF PROPERTY CY-PRÈS AND ASSISTANCE AND SUPERVISION OF CHARITIES BY COURT AND COMMISSION

Legal proceedings relating to charities

Report of section 22 inquiry to be evidence in certain proceedings

55.—(1) A copy of the report of the person conducting an inquiry under section 22 shall, if certified by the Commission to be a true copy, be admissible in any proceedings to which this section applies—

(a)as evidence of any fact stated in the report; and

(b)as evidence of the opinion of that person as to any matter referred to in it.

(2) This section applies to—

(a)any legal proceedings instituted by the Commission under this Part; and

(b)any legal proceedings instituted by the Attorney General in respect of a charity.

(3) A document purporting to be a certificate issued for the purposes of subsection (1) shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such a certificate, unless the contrary is proved.