Section 12 — Records of prohibition orders

(1)The Authority must keep, in such form as the Authority thinks fit, records on persons —

(a)against whom prohibition orders are made under section 7; and

(b)whose or which prohibition orders are varied or revoked under section 9.

(2)The Authority may publish the records mentioned in subsection (1), or any part of the records, in such manner as the Authority considers appropriate.

(3)Any person may, upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed, inspect the records kept or published by the Authority under subsection (1) or (2), or require a copy of or extract from, such records to be given or certified by the Authority.

(4)A copy of or an extract from any record mentioned in subsection (3) that is certified by the Authority to be a true copy or extract is admissible as prima facie evidence of the matter stated therein in any legal proceedings.