Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The Minister may, with the approval of the Head of a State Service Agency, appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in that Agency to be a supervising analyst for the purposes of this Act, and such officer or employee may hold office as a supervising analyst in conjunction with State Service employment.
(2) No person shall be appointed the supervising analyst unless he is an approved analyst or has the qualifications prescribed for the purposes of subsection (5)(b).
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(4) The supervising analyst has such functions as may be prescribed in relation to the following matters, that is to say:
(a) the maintenance, testing, and use of breath analysing instruments required for the purposes of this Act;
(b) the training of persons to be approved operators, and the instruction of approved operators;
(c) the making and keeping of records relating to the maintenance, testing, and use of breath analysing instruments required for the purposes of this Act.
(5) For the purposes of this Act an approved analyst is –
(a) the Government Analyst; or
(b) any other person, being a person possessing prescribed qualifications, who is a State Service officer or State Service employee or is employed on the teaching staff of the University of Tasmania and who is declared by the Governor, by notice in the Gazette, to be an approved analyst for the purposes of this Act.
(6) For the purposes of this Act an approved operator is a police officer who is authorized by the Commissioner of Police in accordance with regulations under this Act to operate breath analysing instruments.
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