177ACertificate of analyst

177A Certificate of analyst

In any proceedings in a court, a document purporting to be a certificate signed by an analyst and relating to any analysis is evidence of the facts stated in that document –

(a) if the party to the proceedings who tenders the document serves on the other party to the proceedings a copy of that document not less than 14 days before the hearing; and

(b) unless a party who is served with a copy of that document gives notice in writing not less than 7 days before the hearing to the party who tendered that document that the analyst or a person who, under the supervision or direction of the analyst, was involved with the analysis is required to be called as a witness.

| Note: This section does not appear in the Evidence Act 1995 of the Commonwealth. |