29Analysts

29 Analysts

29 Analysts

(1) A person who, immediately before the repeal of section 49 by the Biosecurity Act 2015, was an analyst under this Act is taken, on that repeal, to have been appointed as an authorised analyst under the Biosecurity Act 2015.

(2) Appointment is subject to any conditions or limitations that were in force immediately before the repeal of section 49.

(3) An authorised analyst under the Biosecurity Act 2015 may exercise any function of an analyst under a repealed provision or a relevant instrument that continues to have effect. Accordingly, a reference in a repealed provision or relevant instrument to an analyst is taken, on the repeal of section 49 by the Biosecurity Act 2015, to include a reference to an authorised analyst under that Act.

(4) The powers conferred on an authorised analyst by subclause (3) are subject to any conditions or limitations that apply to the person’s appointment as an authorised analyst under the Biosecurity Act 2015.