554Person signing the certificate may be called to give evidence

554 Person signing the certificate may be called to give evidence

(1) If, under section 552(2), a certificate is admitted in evidence in proceedings for an offence, the person charged with the offence may require the person who signed the certificate to be—

(a) called as a witness for the prosecution; and

(b) cross‑examined as if the person who signed the certificate had given evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not entitle the person charged to require the person who signed the certificate to be called as a witness for the prosecution unless—

(a) the prosecutor has been given at least 4 days notice of the person's intention to require the person who signed the certificate to be so called; or

(b) the court, by order, allows the person charged to require the person who signed the certificate to be so called.