Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 435

435 Analysis

(1) If an authorised person takes a thing for analysis under this Act, the authorised person must as soon as practicable give it to a State analyst for analysis.

(2) If a State analyst receives a thing for analysis under subsection (1) , the State analyst must as soon as practicable—

(a) analyse the thing; or

(b) give the thing to an approved laboratory for analysis.

(3) If the State analyst analyses the thing, the State analyst must, as soon as practicable after analysing it—

(a) complete a certificate of analysis for it; and

(b) give the certificate to the authorised person who took the thing for analysis.

(4) If an approved laboratory analyses the thing, the State analyst must, as soon as practicable after it is analysed—

(a) obtain a certificate of analysis for it from the approved laboratory; and

(b) give the certificate to the authorised person who took the thing for analysis.