Intoxicating Substances Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Evidence and Enforcement
15. Certificate of analyst, etc.
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A certificate purporting —
to be signed by —
an analyst employed by the Health Sciences Authority; or
such other person as the Minister may appoint; and
to relate to any chemical compound specified in the Schedule,is to be admitted in evidence, in any proceedings for an offence under this Act, on its production by the prosecution without proof of signature and, until the contrary is proved, is to be proof of all matters contained in the certificate.
An appointment under subsection (1)(a)(ii) must be published in the Gazette.
The certificate under subsection (1) must not be accepted as evidence for the prosecution unless a copy of the certificate had been served on the accused not less than 7 days before the hearing.