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Provisions regarding certain evidence in proceedings under Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1978.
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23.—(1) A duly completed form under section 21 shall, until the contrary is shown, be sufficient evidence in any proceedings under the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1978 of the facts stated in it, without proof of any signature on it or that the signatory was the proper person to sign it, and shall, until the contrary is shown, be sufficient evidence of compliance by the registered medical practitioner concerned with all the requirements which he is obliged to comply with by or under this Part or under Part III of the Act of 1968.
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(2) A certificate expressed to have been issued under section 22 shall, until the contrary is shown, be sufficient evidence of the facts certified to in it, without proof of any signature on it or that the signatory was the proper person to sign it, and shall, until the contrary is shown, be sufficient evidence of compliance by the Bureau with all the requirements which the Bureau is obliged to comply with by or under this Part or under Part III of the Act of 1968.
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(3) In a prosecution for an offence under section 49 or 50 of the Principal Act, it shall be presumed until the contrary is shown that each of the following persons is a registered medical practitioner—
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(a) a person who by virtue of power conferred on him by this Part took from another person a specimen of that other person's blood or was provided by another person with a specimen of that other person's urine,
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(b) a person who, following a requirement under section 13 (1), 14 (1) or 16 (5), was refused permission to take a specimen of blood or for whom (following such a requirement) there was a failure to give such a permission or for whom (following such a requirement) there was a refusal or failure to provide a specimen of urine,
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(c) a person for whom, following a requirement under section 17 (4), there was a failure or refusal to provide a specimen of urine.
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