The assumptions that a person is, because of regulation 26 or 27 entitled to make are ¾

(a) that, at all relevant times, these regulations have been complied with;

(b) that a person who is held out by the IMO to be a director, the chief executive officer, a member of staff or an agent of a particular kind ¾

(i) has been properly appointed; and

(ii) has authority to perform the functions customarily performed by a director, the chief executive officer, a member of staff or an agent of that kind, as the case may require;

(c) that a member of staff or agent of the IMO who has authority to issue a document on behalf of the IMO has authority to warrant that the document is genuine;

(d) that a member of staff or agent of the IMO who has authority to issue a certified copy of a document on behalf of the IMO has authority to warrant that the copy is a true copy;

(e) that a document has been properly sealed by the IMO if ¾

(i) it bears what appears to be an imprint of the IMO's common seal; and

(ii) the sealing of the document appears to comply with regulation 52;

and

(f) that the directors, chief executive officer, members of staff and agents of the IMO have properly performed their duties to the IMO.