Production of records and Registrar’s certificate
7(1)The Registrar may prepare a certified copy of any record of the Division if its production is not regarded by the Minister as being contrary to public interest.
7(2)Any document purporting to be a certified copy of a record of the Division, and purporting to be signed by the Registrar, shall be received as evidence of the contents thereof by any court in the Province without proof of the signature thereon.
7(3)The Registrar may prepare a certificate
(a)
that an off-road vehicle is, or was on a date therein stated, registered in the name of a person therein stated,
(b)
that the registration of any off-road vehicle has been suspended or has expired, and that such suspension or expiry continued up to a date therein stated,
(c)
that an off-road vehicle is, or was on a date therein stated, not registered under this Act,
and any such certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar shall be
(d)
received in evidence by any court in the Province without proof of the signature thereon,
(e)
prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein, and
(f)
in respect of the hearing of an information for a violation of this Act, the regulations or any local by-law, prima facie evidence that the person named therein is the accused.