Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) If a sample of a substance or thing taken at a workplace under subsection 91(1) of the Act is practicably divisible, the inspector who has taken the sample must:
(a) divide the sample into 3 parts; and
(b) put each part into a container and seal and label the container appropriately; and
(c) give one part to the operator of the workplace; and
(d) arrange for another part to be inspected, examined, measured or tested; and
(e) retain the remaining part for any further inspection, examination, measuring or testing that is required.
(2) If the sample of a substance or thing is not practicably divisible, the inspector must arrange for the whole sample to be inspected, examined, measured or tested.
(3) An inspector who removes plant, a substance or a thing, or a sample of a substance or thing, from a workplace under subsection 91(1) of the Act must take all reasonable steps to ensure that, while it is in his or her possession or control:
(a) the plant, substance or thing is not damaged; or
(b) the sample is not contaminated.