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7.—(1) For the purposes of proceedings relating to the Convention, a document that is duly authenticated and which purports to be a copy of a maintenance decision given by a court in a Contracting State is without further proof deemed to be a true copy, unless the contrary is shown.
(2) A document purporting to be a copy of a maintenance decision given by a court in a Contracting State is duly authenticated for the purposes of this paragraph if it purports—
(a)to bear the seal of that court; or
(b)to be certified by any person in that person’s capacity as a judge or officer of that court to be a true copy of a maintenance decision given by that court.
(3) Nothing in this regulation is to prejudice the admission in evidence of any document which is admissible apart from this regulation.
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