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.]