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3.—(1) The person who at the coming into force of this Order is the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and any successor to that person is by that name a corporation sole.
(2) The corporate seal of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities—
(a)is to be authenticated by the signature of a Secretary of State or a person authorised by a Secretary of State to act in that behalf, and
(b)is to be officially and judicially noticed.
(3) Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and to be—
(a)sealed with the corporate seal of that Secretary of State authenticated in the manner provided for by paragraph (2), or
(b)signed or executed by a person authorised by a Secretary of State to act in that behalf,
is to be received in evidence and to be deemed to be so made or issued without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.
(4) A certificate signed by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that an instrument purporting to be made or issued by—
(a)the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities,
(b)the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government,
(c)the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,
(d)the First Secretary of State,
(e)the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions,
(f)the Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions, or
(g)the Secretary of State for the Environment,
was so made or issued is conclusive evidence of that fact.
(5) The Documentary Evidence Act 1868(1) applies in relation to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities—
(a)as if references to regulations and orders included references to any document, and
(b)as if the officers mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule included any officer authorised to act on behalf of the Secretary of State.
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I1Art. 3 in force at 8.12.2021, see art. 1(2)
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