Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022
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125 Certificates issued by analysts
125 Certificates issued by analysts
(1) An analyst may give a certificate of the results of an analysis of a substance provided for analysis under this Act if the analyst—
(a) analysed the substance, or
(b) supervised or directed the analysis of the substance.
(2) A certificate purportedly issued by an analyst under this section about the results of an analysis is—
(a) admissible in legal proceedings under this Act or another Act, and
(b) prima facie evidence of the matters stated.
(3) A certificate purportedly issued by an interstate analyst under corresponding Australian legislation about the results of the analysis of a substance is—
(a) admissible in legal proceedings under this Act or another Act, and
(b) prima facie evidence of the matters stated.
(4) An analysis to which a certificate referred to in subsection (3) relates is taken to be an analysis of a substance provided under this Act.
(5) In this section—
interstate analyst means a person, however described, who analysed, or who supervised or directed the analysis of, a substance for the purposes of corresponding Australian legislation.