Certificates which are evidence
53 Certificates which are evidence
In any proceeding under the Act and in the absence of proof to the contrary, any of the following certificates is evidence of the matters certified in it —
a certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive officer of the Chemistry Centre (WA), certifying that a named person is, or was at a particular time, approved as an analyst under regulation 46(2); and
a certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive officer of the Chemistry Centre (WA), certifying that identified equipment is, or was at a particular time, approved testing equipment; and
a certificate purporting to be signed by a technologist, certifying that —
identified sampling equipment comprises the items required by regulation 47; and
he or she prepared that sampling equipment in accordance with regulation 48; and
at the time it was prepared the sampling equipment was sterile and fit for use in taking blood or urine samples (as the case requires) if used on or before the stated expiry date;
and
a certificate purporting to be signed by a sample collector certifying that an identified blood or urine sample was taken or collected —
from a named person; and
at a specified date and time; and
in accordance with these regulations; and
using sampling equipment that was sealed in a package with a specified serial number;
and
a certificate purporting to be signed by an analyst, certifying —
that an identified blood or urine sample taken or collected from a named person was analysed for drugs in accordance with these regulations; and
the results obtained from that analysis.
[Regulation 53 amended: Gazette 28 Apr 2006 p. 1658; 4 Dec 2009 p. 4908.]
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