Section 15
Certificate of analyst, etc.
of Intoxicating Substances Act 1987
ActIn forceProvision 15 of 47
Section 15
Amended by3/2006
(1)
A certificate purporting —
(a)
to be signed by —
(i)
an analyst employed by the Health Sciences Authority; or
(ii)
such other person as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint; and
(b)
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.
Amended by3/2006
(2)
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.