71Evidence as to use of drugs

71 Evidence as to use of drugs

71 Evidence as to use of drugs

(1) In any proceedings for misbehaviour that are being dealt with by the centre manager, being proceedings in which it is alleged that a detainee has been under the influence of a drug or that a drug has been present in the detainee’s urine or saliva, a certificate signed by a juvenile justice officer to the effect that—

(a) the juvenile justice officer received a sample of urine or saliva (as the case may be) obtained in a specified manner, or

(b) the juvenile justice officer arranged for the sample to be submitted for analysis by a government analyst to determine the presence of any drugs in the detainee’s body or urine or saliva, or

(c) the container was sealed, and marked or labelled, in a specified manner,

is admissible in evidence of the facts so certified.

(2) In any such proceedings, a certificate signed by a government analyst to the effect that, on a specified day—

(a) the analyst received for analysis a container holding a sample of urine or saliva (as the case may be), or

(b) the container, when received, was sealed with an unbroken seal, and was marked or labelled in a specified manner, or

(c) the analyst carried out an analysis of the sample to determine the presence of drugs in the urine or saliva, or

(d) the analyst determined that a specified drug was present or was present to a specified extent in the urine or saliva, or

(e) the analyst was, at the time of the analysis, a government analyst,

is admissible in evidence of the facts so certified.

(3) In any such proceedings—

(a) evidence that a government analyst received a container holding a sample of urine, being a container that was marked or labelled to indicate that it held a sample of urine obtained from a specified detainee on a specified day, is evidence that the sample was a sample of urine obtained from that detainee on that day, and

(a1) evidence that a government analyst received a container holding a sample of saliva, being a container that was marked or labelled to indicate that it held a sample of saliva obtained from a specified detainee on a specified day, is evidence that the sample was a sample of saliva obtained from that detainee on that day, and