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HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 59

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 59

59 .         Staff

        (1)         Subject to this section —

            (a)         officers required to —

                  (i)         ensure that licensees, and their procedures and practices, conform to the requirements of this Act; and

                  (ii)         examine records relating to reproductive technology;

                and

            (b)         such other officers as may be required,

                shall be appointed under, and shall hold office subject to and in accordance with, Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , to assist the CEO in the administration of this Act.

        (2)         The CEO shall issue to —

            (a)         a person appointed pursuant to subsection (1)(a); or

            (b)         a Public Health Official required to exercise power as an authorised officer; or

            (c)         a person to whom a function is delegated pursuant to section 13(4); or

            (d)         a person on whom a power is conferred under section 53ZQ(4),

                a certificate of identity in the prescribed form, and that certificate shall specify the particular functions or circumstances in relation to which, and the purposes for which, the person may exercise powers conferred by this Act or may be expressed to operate as a general authorisation for the purposes of this Act.

        (3)         A person shall not be eligible for appointment under this section unless, in relation to the functions which they are to carry out, that person has such qualifications or training as may be required by this Act in relation to an appointment of that kind.

        (4)         A person shall not be appointed or permitted to assist the CEO in the administration of this Act in so far as that may involve access to information identifying participants in any artificial fertilisation procedure unless that person is specifically authorised by the CEO to carry out that function.

        [Section 59 amended: No. 32 of 1994 s. 19; No. 17 of 2004 s. 40; No. 28 of 2006 s. 270.]