47Certificate and other evidence

47 Certificate and other evidence

47 Certificate and other evidence

(1) A certificate signed by the Commissioner (or by a person holding an office prescribed by the regulations) certifying any of the following—

(a) that a specified person was or was not, on a day or during a specified period, the holder of a licence,

(b) that any licence was or was not, on a day or during a specified period, subject to specified conditions,

(c) (Repealed)

(d) that a specified person had or had not previously applied for a licence and been refused,

(e) that the Commissioner has or has not authorised a specified person not to wear a uniform when carrying a firearm pursuant to section 23A (6), and if the authorisation was subject to specified conditions,

(f) that the Commissioner has authorised a specified person not to wear a licence pursuant to section 36 (2), and if the authorisation was subject to specified conditions,

(g) that a specified person had or had not previously contravened a licence condition and been found guilty of doing so,

(h) that a penalty notice had been issued to a specified person for a specified offence against this Act or the regulations and that the amount of the penalty had or had not been paid on a specified day,

(i) that the licence of a specified person was or was not suspended, revoked or had or had not otherwise ceased to be in force during a specified period,

(j) that a specified person or organisation was or was not, on a day or during a specified period, approved under section 27A,

(k) that specified conditions were or were not, on a day or during a specified period, imposed under section 27A with respect to the provision of training, assessment and instruction by a person or organisation approved under that section,

is admissible in any proceedings under this Act and is prima facie evidence of the matters so specified.

(2) In proceedings under this Act—

(a) a document purporting to be a copy of a direction, notice, authorisation, order, requirement or decision given or made under this Act is evidence of the direction, notice, authorisation, order, requirement or decision of which the Commissioner purports it to be a copy, and