137. Approved Analyst

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

For the purposes of this Act and the regulations made thereunder the Government Analyst shall be the

Approved Analyst.

(2)

The NMQAL and the Medical Research Institute shall be the Additional Approved Analysts.

(3)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) and (2), the Minister may approve any other laboratory or institution recommended by the Authority to be an

Additional Approved Analyst and notification of the approval shall be published in the Gazette.

(4)

No person, laboratory or institution shall be approved as an Additional Approved Analyst-

(a)

if that person, the laboratory or institution does not possess the prescribed qualifications or facilities as the case may be; or

(b)

if that person is engaged directly or indirectly in any trade or business connected with the manufacture, importation, sale or distribution of medicine, medical device or borderline product.

Read on from s 138

Part VI

Rules and Regulations

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Part VII

Repeals and Transitional Provisions

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Part VIII

Interpretation

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