Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1990 No. 394 THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATIONS - REG 29

29. (1) An official analyst who has arranged and supervised the analysis of a
sample of goods must send to the sponsor of the goods, a certificate signed by
the official analyst setting out the results of the examination and analysis.

(2) The official analyst must forward a copy of the certificate signed by the
official analyst to:

   (a)  the Secretary; and

   (b)  the person from whom the sample was taken if that person was not the
        sponsor of the goods.

(3) The certificate and copies of the certificate of the official analyst must
be sent to the persons referred to in subregulations (1) and (2) within a
reasonable time of the completion of the analysis.

(4) A certificate referred to in subregulation (1), and the copy of it
referred to in paragraph (2) (b), must be accompanied by a statement:

   (a)  to the effect that the person to whom the certificate or copy is sent
        may ask for the results of the analysis referred to in the certificate
        to be reviewed; and

   (b)  specifying the time within which a request for a review of the results
        may be made; and

   (c)  indicating that the person may request an extension of that time if it
        is not reasonable to expect the person to comply with regulation 30
        within the specified time.

(5) In proceedings under the Act or these Regulations, a certificate of an
official analyst issued under subregulation (1), or a copy of that
certificate, is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive proof
of the matters set out or stated in it.

(6) A document purporting to be:

   (a)  a certificate of an official analyst issued under subregulation (1);
        or

   (b)  a copy of that certificate; and purporting to be signed by an
        official analyst is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be
        taken to be the certificate or a copy of the certificate and to have
        been issued under subregulation (1) or (2), as the case requires.