35(1) The Minister may appoint persons who, in his or her opinion, have received suitable training to be qualified technicians for the purposes of this section.

35(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a certificate of a qualified technician stating that the qualified technician has, in accordance with a method of analysis prescribed by regulation, analysed or examined any exotic animal and stating the result of the qualified technician’s analysis or examination is admissible in evidence in a prosecution with respect to an offence under this Act or the regulations and is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the statements contained in the certificate without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the person purporting to have signed the certificate.

35(3)The party against whom a certificate of a qualified technician is produced under subsection (2) may, with leave of the Provincial Court of New Brunswick, require the attendance of the qualified technician for purposes of cross-examination.

35(4)A certificate shall not be received in evidence under subsection (2) unless the party intending to produce it has given reasonable notice of the intention, together with a copy of the certificate, to the party against whom it is intended to be produced.