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Powers of entry, inspection and taking of samples by authorised officer.
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8.—(1) An authorised officer may at all reasonable times enter and inspect any premises, railway waggon, vehicle, ship, vessel or aircraft in which he has reasonable grounds for believing that any fertiliser, feeding stuff, compound feeding stuff or mineral mixture is manufactured for sale, kept or carried for sale or sold, and may examine and take samples and stock of any fertilisers, feeding stuffs, compound feeding stuffs or mineral mixtures, or of any materials capable of being used in the manufacture of fertilisers, feeding stuffs, compound feeding stuffs or mineral mixtures, which he finds in the course of his inspection.
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evidence of the result of the analysis may be given in any legal proceedings, but, save as aforesaid, evidence of the result of an analysis of a sample taken under this section shall not be given in any legal proceedings.
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(5) In any legal proceedings the production of a certificate, purporting to be under this section and to be signed by the State Chemist or the Assistant State Chemist, shall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in the certificate and of the analysis having been duly carried out, unless either party requires the person who made the analysis to be called as a witness.
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