Navigation Act 2012

A person who conducts an alcohol test or a drug test may issue a certificate stating:

that he or she conducted an alcohol test or a drug test of a person named in the certificate; and

the steps taken in conducting the test; and

that the person was given a statement in writing under section 82.

In any proceedings relating to this Part, a certificate under this section is prima‑facie evidence of the matters in the certificate.

A document purporting to be a certificate under this section must, unless the contrary is proved, be taken to be such a certificate and to have been properly issued.

A certificate must not be admitted in evidence in proceedings in relation to an offence or a civil penalty unless the person against whom the proceedings were instituted has, at least 14 days before the certificate is sought to be admitted, been given:

a copy of the certificate; and

reasonable notice of the intention to produce the certificate as evidence in the proceedings.