280 Routine evidence
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

Routine evidence

280  Routine evidence

(1)     For the purposes of any proceedings for an offence under any of the enactments specified in column 1 of Schedule 9 to this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by a person or persons specified in column 2 thereof, and certifying the matter specified in column 3 thereof shall, subject to subsection (6) below, be sufficient evidence of that matter and of the qualification or authority of that person or those persons.

(2)     The Secretary of State may by order—

(a)     amend or repeal the entry in Schedule 9 to this Act in respect of any enactment; or

(b)     insert in that Schedule an entry in respect of a further enactment.

(3)     An order under subsection (2) above may make such transitional, incidental or supplementary provision as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient in connection with the coming into force of the order.

[(3A)     For the purposes of any criminal proceedings, a report purporting to be

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