161. (1) The MARA may, by notice in writing, authorise the chief executive officer or another member of staff of the MARA to give, on the MARA’s behalf, a certificate under this section.

(2) In proceedings, a certificate signed by an authorised person containing a relevant statement shall, without further proof of the signature of the person purporting to sign the certificate or that the person was an authorised person, be evidence, unless the contrary is shown, of the matters the subject of the relevant statement.

(3) A certificate under this section may contain two or more relevant statements.

(4) In this section—

“authorised person” means the chief executive officer or another member of staff of the MARA authorised under subsection (1) by the MARA to give, on the MARA’s behalf, a certificate under this section;

“chief executive officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 56(1);

“relevant statement” means either or both of the following statements:

(a) a statement to the effect that the person specified in the statement was or was not the holder of a relevant authorisation on the date or dates specified in the statement;

(b) a statement to the effect that the particulars (including particulars relating to conditions) specified in the statement were the particulars of a relevant authorisation specified in the statement on the date or dates specified in the statement.