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#### 137 Certificates concerning reliability of speed measurement devices
137 Certificates concerning reliability of speed measurement devices
(cf STM Act, s 46(1))
> In proceedings for a speeding offence in which evidence is given of a measurement of speed obtained from an approved traffic enforcement device that is approved for speed measurement, a certificate purporting to be signed by an appropriate inspection officer for the device certifying the following matters is admissible and is prima facie evidence of those matters—
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> > (a) that the device is an approved traffic enforcement device that is approved for speed measurement,
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> > (b) that on a day specified in the certificate (being within the period prescribed by the statutory rules before the alleged time of the offence) the device was tested in accordance with the statutory rules and sealed by an appropriate inspection officer for the device,
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> > (c) that on that day the device was accurate and operating properly.