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) [*\[Section 71 Amended by No. 80 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-07-01/act-2001-080#JS1@Ja17@GC1@EN) [section 177A of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-076#GS177A@EN) [Evidence Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-076) does not apply in relation to those proceedings.