(1) Subject to
subsection (3), the Chief Health Officer shall cause —
(a) to
be maintained a register of analysts; and
(b)
every analyst —
(i)
who is appointed as an analyst under the
Health Legislation Administration Act 1984 section 6; or
(ii)
who is a qualified person approved by the Chief Health
Officer for the purpose of this section,
to be registered in
the register referred to in paragraph (a) on payment of the prescribed fee.
(2) A person who
performs the functions of an analyst under this Act without being registered
under subsection (1) commits an offence.
(3) The Minister may
by notice published in the Gazette —
(a)
exempt any analyst or class of analysts from the obligation to pay the
prescribed fee referred to in subsection (1)(b); or
(b)
revoke an exemption granted under this subsection,
and every such notice
shall have effect according to its tenor.
[Section 203 inserted: No. 26 of 1985 s. 7;
amended: No. 80 of 1987 s. 56; No. 19 of 2016 s. 15.]
[Divisions 2, 2A, 3, 3A and 4 (s. 203A-220) deleted: No. 43 of 2008
s. 147(8).]
[Divisions 5, 6 and 7 (s. 221-245) deleted: No. 13 of 2014 s. 154.]
[Heading inserted: No. 26 of 1985 s. 7.]