Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In any proceedings
under this Act —
(a) the
appointment of any person as an analyst and the authority of any person to
prosecute for any offence shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved;
[(b) deleted]
(c) a
certificate that any person is or is not, or was or was not, on a certain date
or for a certain period a person registered under the Health Practitioner
Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the pharmacy profession (
pharmaceutical chemist ), a veterinarian or an analyst shall be sufficient
prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated if the certificate purports
to be signed —
(i)
in the case of a pharmaceutical chemist, by the chief
executive officer of the National Agency as defined in the Health Practitioner
Regulation National Law (Western Australia) section 5; and
(ii)
in the case of a veterinarian, by the registrar as
defined in the Veterinary Practice Act 2021 section 3; and
(iii)
in the case of an analyst appointed by the Minister under
section 46(1), by the Minister.
[Section 65 amended: No. 69 of 1982 s. 12; No. 20
of 1993 s. 28; No. 3 of 1995 s. 56; No. 9 of 1998 s. 23; No. 76 of 2004 s. 24;
No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 35 of 2010 s. 160; No. 19 of 2021 s. 237(7).]