Medicines and Poisons Act 2019

A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—

a stated document is 1 of the following things made, granted, given, issued or kept under this Act—

an appointment or decision;

a direction, notice or requirement;

a record in a database or register;

a departmental standard;

an emergency order;

an extended practice authority;

a substance authority;

a stated document is a code, guideline, protocol or other standard mentioned in this Act;

a stated document is a document given to the chief executive under this Act;

a stated document is a copy of, or an extract from a part of, a thing mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c);

on a stated day, or for a stated period, a substance authority—

was or was not in force; or

was or was not subject to a stated condition;

on a stated day, or for a stated period, an appointment as an inspector, or State analyst under section 189(1), was or was not in force for a stated person;

on a stated day—

a stated person was given a stated notice or direction under this Act; or

a stated requirement under this Act was made of a stated person; or

a stated amount is payable under this Act by a stated person and has not been paid.

A certificate purporting to be that of the Director of Forensic Science Queensland stating that, on a stated day, or for a stated period, an appointment as a State analyst under section 189(3) was or was not in force for a stated person is evidence of the matter.

In a complaint starting a proceeding, a statement that the matter came to the knowledge of the complainant on a stated day is evidence of when the matter came to the complainant’s knowledge.

A certificate purporting to be that of a State analyst in relation to a thing seized or taken by an inspector under chapter 5 and stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matters—

the analyst’s qualifications;

the analyst took, or received from a stated person, the thing;

the thing was analysed at a stated place on a stated day or during a stated period;

the method used to analyse the thing;

the results of the analysis.

In a proceeding in which the chief executive applies under section 213 to recover costs incurred by the chief executive, a certificate by the chief executive stating that stated costs were incurred and the way in which, and purpose for which, they were incurred is evidence of the matters stated.