47.—(1) In any legal proceedings, a certificate signed by the registrar stating that a person—

(a) is registered in a specified register or in a specified division of a specified register,

(b) is not registered in a specified register or in a specified division of a specified register,

(c) was at a specified date or during a specified period registered in a specified register or in a specified division of a specified register,

(d) was not, at a specified date or during a specified period, registered in a specified register or in any register or in a specified division of a specified register, or

(e) has never been registered under this Act,

is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the matters stated in the certificate.

(2) In any legal proceedings, a printed document that appears to be a copy of, or extract from, a register published under section 46 and that is certified by the registrar to be a true copy of or extract from that register is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the matters stated in the document.

(3) A certificate or document referred to in subsection (1) or (2) that appears to be signed by the registrar is admissible in any legal proceedings as evidence of the matters stated in the certificate or document, as the case may be, without proof of the registrar's signature.