(1)  In any legal proceedings under this Act, a document purporting to be a report signed by a veterinary surgeon is taken to be evidence of the particulars contained in the report in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

(2)  In any legal proceedings under this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Minister certifying one or more of the following matters is evidence of the matters so certified:

(a) that on a day specified in the certificate an animal was or was not entered in the register maintained under section 8A ;

(b) that on a day specified in the certificate an injurious drug or a toxic or noxious substance was entered in that register in respect of the control of an animal entered in that register.

(3)  In any legal proceedings under this Act, an inspector or officer is taken to have been validly appointed as inspector or officer in the absence of evidence to the contrary.