# The Common Agricultural Policy (Wine) Regulations 1990, Regulation 11: Power to require analysis, or testing by Government Chemist


(1) The court before which any proceedings are brought for an offence under these Regulations may, if it thinks fit for the purposes of the proceedings, cause any article which is the subject of the proceedings and, if it has already been analysed, is capable of being further analysed or tested, to be sent to the Government Chemist, who shall make such analysis or test as is appropriate and transmit to the court a certificate of the result thereof, and the costs of the analysis or test, shall be paid by the prosecutor or the person charged as the court may order.
(2) If in a case in which an appeal is brought no action has been taken under paragraph (1) of this regulation, the provisions thereof shall apply in relation to the court by which the appeal is heard.
(3) Any certificate of the results of an analysis or test, transmitted by the Government Chemist under this regulation shall be signed by or on behalf of the Government Chemist, but the analysis or test may be made by any person under the direction of the person by whom the certificate is signed; and any certificate so transmitted by the Government Chemist shall be evidence of the facts stated therein unless any party to the proceedings requires that the person by whom it is signed or a person acting under his direction be called as a witness.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1363/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-wine-regulations-1990/regulation-11
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