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MEDICINES AND POISONS ACT 2019 - SECT 208

Evidentiary aids generally

208 Evidentiary aids generally

(1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the chief executive stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matter—
(a) a stated document is 1 of the following things made, granted, given, issued or kept under this Act—
(i) an appointment or decision;
(ii) a direction, notice or requirement;
(iii) a record in a database or register;
(iv) a departmental standard;
(v) an emergency order;
(vi) an extended practice authority;
(vii) a substance authority;
(b) a stated document is a code, guideline, protocol or other standard mentioned in this Act;
(c) a stated document is a document given to the chief executive under this Act;
(d) a stated document is a copy of, or an extract from a part of, a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) ;
(e) on a stated day, or for a stated period, a substance authority—
(i) was or was not in force; or
(ii) was or was not subject to a stated condition;
(f) on a stated day, or for a stated period, an appointment as an inspector or State analyst was or was not in force for a stated person;
(g) on a stated day—
(i) a stated person was given a stated notice or direction under this Act; or
(ii) a stated requirement under this Act was made of a stated person; or
(iii) a stated amount is payable under this Act by a stated person and has not been paid.
(2) 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.
(3) 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—
(a) the analyst’s qualifications;
(b) the analyst took, or received from a stated person, the thing;
(c) the thing was analysed at a stated place on a stated day or during a stated period;
(d) the method used to analyse the thing;
(e) the results of the analysis.
(4) 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.



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