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DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING ACT 1985 - SECT 42
Certificates issued by Health Secretary
(1) In legal proceedings under this Act, the following certificates purporting
to be signed by the Health Secretary or an authorised certifier are, without
proof of certification, prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the
certificate-- (a) a certificate stating that a person holds, or does not hold,
a licence, permit or authority under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act
1966 ,
(b) a certificate stating that a person holds, or does not hold, an
authority under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 for the purpose of
scientific research, instruction, analysis or study.
(2) The Health Secretary
may authorise a person employed in the department in which the Health
Administration Act 1982 is administered, generally or specifically, to issue
certificates for the purposes of this section.
(3) In this section--
"authorised certifier" means a person authorised to issue certificates under
subsection (2).
"Health Secretary" means the Secretary of the department in which the
Health Administration Act 1982 is administered.
"proof of certification" means-- (a) the signature of the person purporting to
have signed the certificate, or
(b) the authority of the person purporting to
have signed the certificate to sign the certificate.
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