71Copy of analyst's certificate to be served on defendant

71 Copy of analyst's certificate to be served on defendant

*[Section 71 Substituted by No. 27 of 1984, s. 34 ]**[Section 71 Amended by No. 27 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*Where proceedings are taken on summons under this Act for an offence concerning a substance or a plant that has been analysed or examined by, or under the supervision of, an analyst –

(a) a document purporting to be a certificate of the result of the analysis or examination is not admissible in evidence in those proceedings unless a copy of the document has been served on the defendant not less than 7 days before the hearing of those proceedings; and

(b) [Section 71 Amended by No. 80 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002] section 177A of the Evidence Act 2001 does not apply in relation to those proceedings.