Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to any of the following decisions—
(a) a decision of a control body about taking disciplinary action relating to a licence, which action is reliant on a relevant certificate about the results of the analysis of a thing;
(b) a decision of an appeal committee on an appeal against a decision of a control body's steward for which the steward relied on a relevant certificate about the results of the analysis of a thing;
(c) a decision of the tribunal on an appeal against a decision of an appeal committee mentioned in paragraph (b);
(d) a decision of the tribunal on an appeal against a decision of a control body's steward for which the steward relied on a relevant certificate about the results of the analysis of a thing.
(2) In making the decision, it is enough for the decision maker to be satisfied that the method of taking and dealing with the thing for analysis was in compliance with the requirements of section 143(3) to the extent that the integrity of the analysis was not adversely affected (substantial compliance).
(3) Evidence of an accredited analyst or accredited veterinary surgeon, for an accredited facility, that the method of taking and dealing with the thing for analysis was in substantial compliance with the requirements of section 143(3) is evidence of that fact and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of that fact.
(4) In this section—
relevant certificate means a certificate mentioned in section 147(3).