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Police Service Administration Act 1990
sec.5A.21Evidentiary provision
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### sec.5A.21 Evidentiary provision
A certificate apparently signed by an analyst and stating the following is evidence of what it states—
a specimen of urine or saliva provided by a stated person on a stated day and at a stated place was received from a stated authorised person at the analyst’s laboratory on a stated day and time;
the analyst made a laboratory test of the specimen on a stated day and at the stated place;
a stated targeted substance or a metabolite of a stated targeted substance was indicated by the laboratory test to be present in the person’s urine or saliva.
A certificate apparently signed by a government medical officer and stating that the presence of a stated targeted substance in a person impairs or may impair the person’s capacity to perform the person’s duties without danger to the person or others is evidence of what it states.
A certificate apparently signed by the commissioner and stating either of the following is evidence of what it states—
at a stated time a stated officer performed duties in an operational capacity in a critical area;
at a stated time a stated staff member performed duties involving a critical area.
s 5A.21 ins 2003 No. 67 s 5
amd 2022 No. 4 s 23
(sec.5A.21-ssec.1) A certificate apparently signed by an analyst and stating the following is evidence of what it states— a specimen of urine or saliva provided by a stated person on a stated day and at a stated place was received from a stated authorised person at the analyst’s laboratory on a stated day and time; the analyst made a laboratory test of the specimen on a stated day and at the stated place; a stated targeted substance or a metabolite of a stated targeted substance was indicated by the laboratory test to be present in the person’s urine or saliva.
(sec.5A.21-ssec.2) A certificate apparently signed by a government medical officer and stating that the presence of a stated targeted substance in a person impairs or may impair the person’s capacity to perform the person’s duties without danger to the person or others is evidence of what it states.
(sec.5A.21-ssec.3) A certificate apparently signed by the commissioner and stating either of the following is evidence of what it states— at a stated time a stated officer performed duties in an operational capacity in a critical area; at a stated time a stated staff member performed duties involving a critical area.
- (a) a specimen of urine or saliva provided by a stated person on a stated day and at a stated place was received from a stated authorised person at the analyst’s laboratory on a stated day and time;
- (b) the analyst made a laboratory test of the specimen on a stated day and at the stated place;
- (c) a stated targeted substance or a metabolite of a stated targeted substance was indicated by the laboratory test to be present in the person’s urine or saliva.
- (a) at a stated time a stated officer performed duties in an operational capacity in a critical area;
- (b) at a stated time a stated staff member performed duties involving a critical area.