sec.67Evidentiary aids

### sec.67 Evidentiary aids In proceedings to enforce a penalty for an offence against this Act— an averment in the complaint that a person named therein is part of the community that resides in a community government or IRC area, or IRC division area, shall be conclusive evidence thereof until the contrary is proved; and it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment or signature of the chief executive or the authority of the complainant to lay the complaint; and it shall not be necessary to prove the limits of a community government area. Subsection (3) applies to a proceeding for an offence against section 34 . A statement in the complaint for the offence that fluid was in a container of a type that usually holds alcohol is evidence that the fluid was alcohol. Subsection (5) applies to a proceeding for an offence against section 34 or 38 (2) (b) , (c) or (e) or (3) (b) , (c) , (e) or (f) . A certificate purporting to be signed by an analyst stating the results of an analysis of a fluid or other substance is, on its production, admissible as evidence of the results of the analysis. A provision of this section does not limit another provision of the section or of this Act about evidence. In this section— analyst means a State analyst under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 . homemade alcohol has the same meaning as in part 5 . s 67 prev s 67 ins 1990 No. 104 s 13 om 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 pres s 67 amd 1990 No. 80 s 3 sch 3 pt A; 1999 No. 53 s 35 sch ; 2002 No. 46 s 13 ; 2004 No. 38 s 12 ; 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 ; 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1 ; 2007 No. 59 s 44 ; 2008 No. 30 s 11 ; 2018 No. 27 s 92 ; 2019 No. 26 s 290 sch 2 (sec.67-ssec.1) In proceedings to enforce a penalty for an offence against this Act— an averment in the complaint that a person named therein is part of the community that resides in a community government or IRC area, or IRC division area, shall be conclusive evidence thereof until the contrary is proved; and it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment or signature of the chief executive or the authority of the complainant to lay the complaint; and it shall not be necessary to prove the limits of a community government area. (sec.67-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies to a proceeding for an offence against section 34 . (sec.67-ssec.3) A statement in the complaint for the offence that fluid was in a container of a type that usually holds alcohol is evidence that the fluid was alcohol. (sec.67-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies to a proceeding for an offence against section 34 or 38 (2) (b) , (c) or (e) or (3) (b) , (c) , (e) or (f) . (sec.67-ssec.5) A certificate purporting to be signed by an analyst stating the results of an analysis of a fluid or other substance is, on its production, admissible as evidence of the results of the analysis. (sec.67-ssec.6) A provision of this section does not limit another provision of the section or of this Act about evidence. (sec.67-ssec.7) In this section— analyst means a State analyst under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 . homemade alcohol has the same meaning as in part 5 . - (a) an averment in the complaint that a person named therein is part of the community that resides in a community government or IRC area, or IRC division area, shall be conclusive evidence thereof until the contrary is proved; and - (b) it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment or signature of the chief executive or the authority of the complainant to lay the complaint; and - (c) it shall not be necessary to prove the limits of a community government area.