Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) When an authorised officer takes a sample of therapeutic goods (other than a further sample taken under the circumstances described in subregulation 30(6)), the authorised officer:
(a) must notify the person from whom the sample was taken that the authorised officer is going to send the sample to a laboratory operated by the Department for analysis; and
(b) must give the person from whom the sample was taken a notice setting out details of the goods taken and, if the person from whom the sample was taken was not the sponsor of the goods, send a copy of that notice to the sponsor of the goods; and
(c) must forward the whole or part of the sample to the relevant laboratory.
(2) An authorised officer must ensure that any sample of goods taken (including further samples taken under the circumstances described in subregulation 30(6)) is:
(a) appropriately fastened and sealed; and
(b) stored and transported in accordance with the instructions (if any) specified on the label of the goods.