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Medicines Act 1981

Miscellaneous provisions

97: Duty of officer to procure samples for analysis on request

You could also call this:

"Asking an officer to test a medicine sample"

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You can ask an officer to get a sample of a medicine to test it. You need to ask in writing and pay a fee and the cost of the sample. The officer will get the sample and test it, unless they think your request is not serious. You can ask for the sample to be tested for a specific reason. The officer will follow rules to get and test the sample, like they do for other tests. These rules are explained in sections 69 and 70. The officer will make sure the sample is tested correctly. They will only say no if they think you are asking for no good reason. You can trust that the officer will follow the rules to get and test the sample.

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Part 8Miscellaneous provisions

97Duty of officer to procure samples for analysis on request

  1. Where any person, other than the manufacturer of the medicine or any agent or employee of the manufacturer, requests any officer in writing to procure a sample of any medicine and submit it for analysis for any purpose specified by that person, the officer, on payment by that person of the prescribed fee together with the cost of the sample, shall procure or arrange for another officer to procure a sample of the medicine and submit it for analysis for the specified purpose, unless he reasonably believes that the request is frivolous or vexatious.

  2. Sections 69 and 70 shall, so far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, apply with respect to the procuring and analysis of the sample.

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  • 1969 No 7 s 26