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In forceAverments
Part 4Miscellaneous matters
37 Averments
In proceedings for an offence against this Act:
(a)
an averment of the prosecutor, contained in a complaint or information, that at a specified time an area was an isolation area;
(b)
a certificate from a medical officer that a person was an infected person or suspect person; or
(c)
a certificate from a person conducting a pathology investigation which states that a sample from a person or animal establishes that a notifiable disease is present or confirms a diagnosis of a medical practitioner,
is prima facie evidence of the matter so averred or certified, as the case may be.
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