New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FLUORIDATION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES ACT 1957 - SECT 8

8 Proof of certificate of analyst

(1) An analyst analysing any substance submitted to the analyst may give a certificate of the result of the analysis.

(2) In any legal proceedings under this Act the production of a certificate purporting to be signed by an analyst shall be prima facie evidence of the identity of the substance analysed and of the result of such analysis without proof of the signature, employment, or appointment of the person appearing to have signed the certificate.

(3) For the purposes of this section "analyst" means any person employed by the Government of New South Wales as an analyst or any person who is an approved analyst within the meaning of the Food Act 2003 .