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Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966
37BConduct of analyses
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#### 37B Conduct of analyses
37B Conduct of analyses
> > (1) An inspector may submit for analysis under this section any substance or goods seized under this Act.
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> > (2) An analyst is required to carry out or personally supervise the carrying out of an analysis of a substance or goods submitted to the analyst for analysis.
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> > (3) An analyst who has carried out or personally supervised the carrying out of an analysis of any such substance or goods may, and must on request, issue a certificate of analysis setting out the results of the analysis.
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> > (4) The owner of any such substance or goods, or the person in whose possession or under whose control the substance or goods were when they were seized, is entitled to be provided with a copy of the certificate of analysis relating to the substance or goods on payment of the fee (if any) prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (5) A person who, for trade purposes or advertisement, uses the results of an analysis carried out for the purposes of this Act, or a certificate of analysis issued under this section, is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty (subsection (5)): 20 penalty units.
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> **s 37B:** Ins 1996 No 2, Sch 1 \[26\].