Section 162 - Copies of writings in official custody

A copy of a writing is presumed to be genuine if it purports to be a copy of a writing which is authorised by law to be recorded or filed, and has in fact been recorded or filed in an office of a public entity or which is a public record, report statement or data compilation if

(a) an original or an original record is in an office of a public entity where items of that nature are regularly kept, and

(b) the copy is certified to be correct by the custodian or other person authorised to make the certification where the certification must be authenticated.