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PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 200

Evidentiary aids

200 Evidentiary aids

(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, given, issued or kept under this Act—
(i) an appointment or decision;
(ii) an approval;
(iii) a notice, direction or requirement;
(iv) a code, guideline, protocol or standard;
(b) a stated document is another document given to the chief executive or otherwise kept under this Act;
(c) a stated document is a copy of, or an extract from a part of, a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) on a stated day, or during a stated period, a stated person was or was not the holder of an approval;
(e) on a stated day, or during a stated period, an approval—
(i) was or was not in force; or
(ii) was or was not subject to a stated condition;
(f) on a stated day an approval was suspended for a stated period, surrendered or cancelled;
(g) on a stated day, or during a stated period, an appointment as an authorised person, State analyst or member of the expert advisory panel was, or was not, in force for a stated person;
(h) 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 or was payable under this Act by a stated person.
(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 authorised person under chapter 7 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 , 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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