Town and Regional Planning (Amendment) Act, 1939

Proof of contents, making, approval, and commencement of planning schemes.

17.—A document which purports to be a copy of a planning scheme or of an extract from a planning scheme and which has endorsed thereon a certificate (purporting to be signed by the chief executive officer of the planning authority by which such planning scheme purports to have been made) stating that such document is a true copy of such planning scheme or a true and correct extract therefrom and that such planning scheme was made by such planning authority and was approved of by the Minister and has come into operation shall, without proof of the signature of such chief executive officer or that he was in fact such chief executive officer, be evidence (until the contrary is proved) in every court and in all legal proceedings of such planning scheme or of such extract therefrom (as the case may be) and of the facts that such planning scheme was duly made by such planning authority and was approved of by the Minister and is lawfully in operation.