Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00094:section:88
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00094
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 88
Character Range: 103613–104761

88  Evidentiary certificates
 (1) A person who conducts an alcohol test or a drug test may issue a certificate stating:
 (a) that he or she conducted an alcohol test or a drug test of a person named in the certificate; and
 (b) the steps taken in conducting the test; and
 (c) that the person was given a statement in writing under section 82.
 (2) In any proceedings relating to this Part, a certificate under this section is prima‑facie evidence of the matters in the certificate.
 (3) A document purporting to be a certificate under this section must, unless the contrary is proved, be taken to be such a certificate and to have been properly issued.
 (4) A certificate must not be admitted in evidence in proceedings in relation to an offence or a civil penalty unless the person against whom the proceedings were instituted has, at least 14 days before the certificate is sought to be admitted, been given:
 (a) a copy of the certificate; and
 (b) reasonable notice of the intention to produce the certificate as evidence in the proceedings.

Part 7—General matters relating to seafarers of regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels