42BAuthority to import certain specimens

##### 42B Authority to import certain specimens (1) In this section: > prescribed class means a class of specimens the description of which is entered in the register maintained under subsection (3). > prescribed research means scientific research the description of which is entered in the register maintained under subsection (5). (2) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Designated Authority, give the Designated Authority notice, in writing, that a class of specimens described in the notice, not being a class of specimens in Part I of Schedule 1, Part I of Schedule 2 or Part I of Schedule 3, is to be a prescribed class for the purposes of this section. (3) The Designated Authority shall maintain a register containing a description of each class of specimens described in a notice which has been given to the Designated Authority under subsection (2). (4) The Minister may inform the Designated Authority, by notice in writing, that scientific research described in the notice is to be prescribed research for the purposes of this section. (5) The Designated Authority shall maintain a register containing descriptions of the scientific research notice of which has been given to the Designated Authority under subsection (4). (6) A person may make an application to the Minister for an authority under this section to import specimens included in a specified prescribed class. (7) An application under subsection (6) shall be made in accordance with the prescribed form, or, if no form is prescribed, a form approved by the Minister. (8) Subject to subsection (9), the Minister may, in the discretion of the Minister, give or refuse to give, an authority under this section to import specimens included in a particular prescribed class to a person who has made an application for the authority under subsection (6). (9) The Minister shall not give an authority under subsection (8) to import specimens unless the Minister is satisfied that: (a) the recipient of any specimens imported in accordance with the authority will be an approved institution in relation to a class of specimens that includes those specimens; and (b) the specimens will be used for the purpose of prescribed research. (10) An authority under this section: (a) shall be in writing; (b) comes into force on the day on which it is given; and (c) subject to section 46, remains in force for a period of 12 months commencing on the day on which it is given or, if a lesser period is specified in the authority, that lesser period. (11) Where a specimen to which an authority under this section applies is imported, the holder of the authority shall, within 7 days after the importation of the specimen, give the Designated Authority, or cause to be given to the Designated Authority, particulars in writing of that specimen.