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Part VI · General

35. Subject to subsection (3) -

(a)

a document or certificate purporting to be a report under the hand.

of the Director or an authorised officer upon any matter or thing in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Order or with any investigation carried out under this Order shall be admissible as evidence in any proceedings under this Order and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein; and

(b)

a certificate of an authorised examiner stating that he has analysed or examined any meat or meat product and stating the result of his analysis or examination shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings for an·

offence against this Order as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein and of the correctness of the result of the analysis or examination.

12)

For the purposes of this section, a document purporting to be a certificate referred to in subsection ( 1) on its production by the prosecution shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.

(3)

A certificate referred to in subsection (ll shall not be received in evidence in pursuance of that subsection unless the person charged has been given

(a)

a copy of the certificate; and

(b)

notice of the intention of the prosecution to produce it as evidence in the proceedings, not less than 10 days before the commencement of the proceedings.

14)

Where a certificate of the Director or an authorised officer is admitted in evidence under subsection 11), the person charged may require the Director or that authorised officer to be called as a witness for the prosecution and to be cross-examined as if he had given evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

Composition of offences.

Report

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