New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK DISEASES ACT 1923 - SECT 21A

21A Evidence of scientific examination

(1) The Governor may appoint persons, having such scientific qualifications as the Governor considers appropriate, to make examinations for the purposes of this Act.

(2) In any proceedings against any person for an offence against this Act or the regulations, a certificate purporting to be signed by a person appointed under subsection (1) and certifying that the person has examined any stock, artificial breeding material, carcass or portion thereof, or any organ or specimen obtained from any stock or carcass, or any material or section derived from any stock, artificial breeding material or carcass or from any such organ or specimen, or any article submitted to the person by the Minister, the Director-General or an inspector, and certifying the result of that examination and any conclusions arrived at by the person as a result of that examination shall, without proof of the signature or appointment of the person signing the certificate, be admissible and be prima facie evidence of the matters certified in the certificate.