Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008
165Functions given to Commonwealth officers and
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165 Functions given to Commonwealth officers and authorities (1) A Commonwealth administrative law applying as a territory law under section 164 that gives a Commonwealth officer or Commonwealth authority a function also gives the officer or authority the same function in relation to a matter arising in relation to the applied provisions. (2) In exercising a function given by this section, the Commonwealth officer or Commonwealth authority must act as nearly as practicable as the officer or authority would act in exercising the same function under the Commonwealth administrative law. (3) A function given to a Commonwealth officer or Commonwealth authority because of this section cannot be exercised by a territory officer or territory authority.