Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012
240Functions and powers conferred on Commonwealth officials
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240 Functions and powers conferred on Commonwealth officials relating to offences (1) A Commonwealth law applying because of section 239 that confers on a Commonwealth official a function or power in relation to an offence against the Therapeutic Goods Act also confers on the official the same function or power in relation to an offence against the corresponding provision of the applied provisions. (2) In performing a function or exercising a power conferred by this section, the Commonwealth official must act as nearly as practicable as the official would act in performing or exercising the same function or power in relation to an offence against the corresponding provision of the Therapeutic Goods Act.