15AFunctions of analysts

15A Functions of analysts (1) The chief health officer may, in writing, authorise an analyst for any of the following Acts or any provision of the following Acts: (b) the Criminal Code; (c) the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989; (d) the Food Act 2001; (e) the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008. Note 1 Analyst includes the government analyst (see dict). Note 2 For evidentiary certificates by analysts, see s 135A. Note 3 A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act, s 104). (2) An analyst may also exercise any other function given to the analyst by this Act or another territory law. 15AA Analysts and assistants—authority to handle drugs etc (1) For section 15A and within the scope of the person’s employment, each of the following people is authorised to carry out an authorised activity in relation to a prohibited thing: (a) an analyst; Note Analyst includes the government analyst (see dict). (b) a person working under the direct supervision of an analyst. authorised activity, in relation to a prohibited thing, means each of the following: (a) obtaining the thing; (b) manufacturing the thing; (c) possessing the thing, whether for use as a reference or otherwise; (d) if the thing is a controlled plant under the Criminal Code, section 600—cultivating the plant; (e) giving the thing to a person who is authorised to obtain it; (f) transporting the thing; (g) destroying the thing. cultivates—see the Criminal Code, section 615. employment includes engagement under a contract for services. manufacture—see the Criminal Code, section 606. prohibited thing means— (a) a controlled drug, controlled plant or controlled precursor within the meaning of the Criminal Code, section 600; or (b) a regulated substance within the meaning of the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008; or (c) equipment used to manufacture something mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b); or (d) equipment used to cultivate a controlled plant within the meaning of the Criminal Code, section 600.