(1) Proof shall not be required about matters of law, including the provisions and coming into operation, in whole or in part, of—
(a) an Act;
(b) an instrument of a legislative character, including regulations, statutory rules, and by-laws, made or issued under or by authority of such an Act, being an instrument—
(i) that is required by or under an enactment to be published in the Gazette, or
(ii) the making or issuing of which is so required to be notified in the Gazette.
(2) The Judge may inform himself or herself about those matters in any manner that the Judge thinks fit.