48WEvidentiary matters relating to oral fluid analysis

48W Evidentiary matters relating to oral fluid analysis

(1) Evidence derived from a sample of oral fluid provided following a requirement made under section 48R or 48V is not rendered inadmissible by a failure to comply with a request under section 48U if reasonable efforts were made to comply with the request.

(2) In any proceeding under Division 9 of Part 3 of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria) or this Part, the following are admissible in evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, are proof of the authority of the police officer—

(a) the statement of a police officer that on a particular date the officer was authorised for the purposes of section 48R(8);

(b) a certificate purporting to be signed by the Chief Commissioner of Police that a police officer named in it is authorised for the purposes of section 48R(8).

S. 48X inserted by No. 41/2019 s. 17.