Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 (NO. 69 OF 1997) - SECT 94

94. Where an authorised officer takes a sample under this Part with the intention that it be submitted for analysis, the officer shall, before or as soon as practicable after taking the sample, give notice of his or her intention to have the sample analysed to—

        (a)     the owner of the matter comprised in the sample; or

        (b)     if the owner is not present or readily available—

              (i)     if the sample is associated with the carrying on of a public health risk activity, or the performance of a public health risk procedure—the person carrying on the activity, or performing the procedure, or another person acting with the authority of either of those persons; or

              (ii)     the person from whom the sample was taken or the occupier of the place from which the sample was taken.