41 Evidence of resolutions and minutes of proceedings etc

41  Evidence of resolutions and minutes of proceedings etc

(1)     A document which—

(a)     purports to be a copy of—

(i)     a resolution, order or report of a local authority or a precursor of a local authority, or

(ii)     the minutes of the proceedings at a meeting of a local authority or a precursor of a local authority; and

(b)     bears a certificate purporting to be signed by the proper officer of the authority or a person authorised in that behalf by him or the authority and stating that the resolution was passed or the order or report was made by the authority or precursor on a date specified in the certificate or, as the case may be, that the minutes were signed in accordance with paragraph 41 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 or the corresponding provision specified in the certificate of the enactments relating to local government which were in force when the minutes were signed,

shall be evidence in any proceedings of the matters stated in the certificate and of the terms of the resolution, order,

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