SEEDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965

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SEEDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 7



7.(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Ministry shall maintain an official
seed testing station and any such station may be established or maintained in
conjunction with any other authority, body or person.

(2) The Ministry may, subject to the approval of the Ministry of Finance,
authorise the charging of fees for the services given at an official seed
testing station referred to in subsection (1).

(3) A certificate of the result of a test at an official seed testing station
of a sample taken for the purposes of this Act by an authorised officer shall
be in the form prescribed by seeds regulations.

(4) A certificate of the result of a test at an official seed testing station
of a sample taken for the purposes of this Act, and purporting to be issued by
an officer of that station,

(a)if the sample was taken by an authorised officer, shall, if a copy of the
certificate has been served on the accused with the summons or complaint, be
sufficient evidence of the facts stated in the certificate in any proceedings
for an offence under this Act, and

(b)if the sample was taken by a person other than an authorised officer in
order to obtain the test for the purposes of section 4(3) of this Act, shall
be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in the certificate in any such
legal proceedings as are mentioned in that subsection,

(5) In any proceedings for an offence under this Act in which a copy of a
certificate of the result of a test has been served with the summons or
complaint in pursuance of subsection (4)(a) the accused, unless the court
otherwise directs, shall not be entitled to require that the person under
whose direction the test was made be called as a witness unless he has, at
least three clear days before the day on which the summons is returnable,
given notice to the prosecutor that he intends to do so.

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SEEDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 7