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219: Validation of informal proceedings, etc
or “This section explains how mistakes in legal processes can be fixed or forgiven by a court or authority.”
You could also call this:

“ The law says you can trust official papers with special seals or signatures without needing extra proof. ”

When you see a document with the seal of the Authority or the court, you can trust that it’s real without needing more proof. The same goes for signatures from Authority members, Judges, court Registrars, or officers of the Authority. If these signatures are on orders, certificates, or other official documents made under this Act or under laws that this Act replaced, you can trust they’re real too.

You don’t need to prove that the handwriting or job title of the person who signed is real. The court and other officials will accept these documents and signatures as genuine without asking for more evidence.

This rule helps make sure that official documents from the Employment Relations Authority and courts are easily accepted as real and trustworthy.

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or “Rules about adding or removing people from a case, fixing mistakes, and changing deadlines to make sure everything is fair”
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Part 10 Institutions
Miscellaneous provisions

220Documents under seal and certain signatures to be judicially noticed

  1. Every document bearing the seal of the Authority or the court is to be received in evidence without further proof, and the signature of a member of the Authority, or of a Judge, or of the Registrar of the court, or of an officer of the Authority is to be judicially noticed in or before any court or before any person or officer acting judicially or under any power or authority conferred by this Act, if the signature is attached to some order, certificate, or other official document made or purporting to be made under this Act or under any Act or provision of an Act repealed by this Act.

  2. No proof is required of the handwriting or official position of any person acting under this section.

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  • 1991 No 22 s 139