27Certificate in relation to taking of blood samples

27 Certificate in relation to taking of blood samples

(1)  [Section 27 Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 48, Applied:03 Dec 2018] In any proceedings to which this Division applies a certificate–

(a) [Section 27 Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 48, Applied:03 Dec 2018] stating that, on the day and at the time stated in the certificate, the person by whom the certificate purports to be signed took a sample of the blood of the person named therein;

(b) [Section 27 Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 48, Applied:03 Dec 2018] stating that when that sample was so taken the person by whom the certificate purports to be signed was a qualified person; and

(c) containing particulars of the manner in which the sample was taken or of any action taken by that person consequent upon, or in relation to, the taking of that sample–

is admissible in those proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the particulars contained in the certificate.

(2)  [Section 27 Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 48, Applied:03 Dec 2018] *[Section 27 Subsection (2) added by No. 94 of 1975, s. 20 ]*In any proceedings to which this Division applies a certificate–

(a) [Section 27 Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 48, Applied:03 Dec 2018] stating that a container containing a part of a sample of blood taken from the person named in the certificate was kept at a particular place during a particular period;

(b) containing particulars of the manner in which it was so kept;

(c) stating that the person from whom the sample was taken was detained in custody during a particular period, and specifying the place at which he was so kept in custody;

(d) stating the time at which the container was delivered to any person and containing particulars of the request pursuant to which it was so delivered; and