(1) A Pharmacy Inspector may submit, any sample, or part of it, that he or she seizes, to an analyst for analysis or examination.
(2) An analyst who has made an analysis or examination shall issue a report to the Pharmacy Inspector setting out the results.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Pharmacy Inspector shall issue a certificate of inspection in the prescribed form in respect of any sample seized by him or her under section 53.
(4) A report issued under subsection (5) shall be annexed to the certificate of inspection and shall form part of the certificate of inspection.
(5) A certificate of inspection is not admissible in evidence unless it is proved that the Pharmacy Inspector—
(a) divided the sample into 2 parts at the time of seizure, or caused it to be so divided, and, in the presence of a witness, gave one part of it to the person from whom it was taken; and
(b) not less than 2 weeks before the certificate of inspection was introduced into evidence—
(i) gave notice in writing to the person from whom the sample was taken of the intention to produce the certificate of inspection in evidence, and
(ii) served on that person a copy of the certificate of inspection.
(6) A certificate of inspection issued under this section is admissible in evidence in a prosecution for a contravention of this Act or the regulations and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary is proof of the statements contained in it without proof of the signature or the official character of the person appearing to have signed the certificate of inspection.