Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The Secretary may, in writing, appoint a person who has appropriate qualifications and experience to be an official analyst for the purposes of these Regulations.
(2) The Secretary is to maintain a register of the names of official analysts and is to cause those names to be published in the Gazette from time to time.
(3) In addition to the other powers and functions of an official analyst, an official analyst may:
(a) ask an authorised officer to take samples of therapeutic goods; and
(b) determine the tests that are to be performed on a sample taken under paragraph (a) or delivered under subsection 28 (5A) or 41FN (2) of the Act; and
(c) nominate an official analyst to be the responsible analyst for a sample taken under paragraph (a) or delivered under subsection 28 (5A) or 41FN (2) of the Act.