243Evidence of part to be evidence of whole

243 Evidence of part to be evidence of whole

In any legal proceedings, evidence as to the nature of the whole or part of a sample of a thing –

(a) taken from a parcel of the thing; or

(b) taken from a quantity of the thing that was, at the time when the sample was so taken, represented as being, or as being part of, a bulk lot of the thing –

in the performance of a function conferred by this Act, is evidence as to the nature of the whole of the contents of the parcel or bulk lot, as the case may be.