(1) In this section -
"copy record" means any copy of an original record being a record made for the purposes of or in connection with this Act or schemes administered by the Department of Social Welfare or a copy of that copy made in accordance with either of the methods referred to in subsection (2) and accompanied by the certificate referred to in subsection (3);
"original record" means any document, record, or record of an entry in a document or record or information stored by means of any mechanical or electronic device, whether or not in a legible form, which was made or stored by the Minister or a specified agency for the purposes of or in connection with this Act or schemes administered by the Department of Social Welfare at the time of or shortly after the event recorded and which is in the possession of the Minister or a specified agency;
"provable record" means an original record or a copy record;
"specified agency" means An Post or a person authorised to carry on banki