67.1(1)The Minister may designate persons as qualified technicians for the purposes of this section.

67.1(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a certificate of a qualified technician stating that the qualified technician has, in accordance with a method prescribed by regulation, analyzed or examined timber 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 in the absence of evidence to the contrary is proof of the statements contained in the certificate without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the person purporting to have signed the certificate.

67.1(3)The party against whom a certificate of a qualified technician is produced under subsection (2) may, with leave of the court, require the attendance of the qualified technician for purposes of cross-examination.

67.1(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.

67.1(1)The Minister may designate persons as qualified technicians for the purposes of this section.

67.1(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a certificate of a qualified technician stating that the qualified technician has, in accordance with a method prescribed by regulation, analyzed or examined timber 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 in the absence of evidence to the contrary is proof of the statements contained in the certificate without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the person purporting to have signed the certificate.

67.1(3)The party against whom a certificate of a qualified technician is produced under subsection (2) may, with leave of the court, require the attendance of the qualified technician for purposes of cross-examination.

67.1(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.