Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008
168Functions of Commonwealth officers and authorities
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168 Functions of Commonwealth officers and authorities relating to offences (1) A provision of a Commonwealth law applying under section 167 that gives a Commonwealth officer or Commonwealth authority a function in relation to an offence against the Commonwealth therapeutic goods laws also gives the officer or authority the same function in relation to an offence against the corresponding provision of the applied provisions. (2) In exercising a function given by subsection (1), the Commonwealth officer or Commonwealth authority must act as nearly as practicable as the officer or authority would act in exercising the same function in relation to an offence against the corresponding provision of the Commonwealth therapeutic goods laws.