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Medicines and Allied Substances
determine.
(4) The Board shall appoint a Director for the Laboratory on
such terms and conditions as it may determine, who shall be
responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Laboratory.
(5) The Board shall appoint such number of pharmaceutical
analysts as it may consider necessary for purposes of performing
its functions under this section.
(6) A pharmaceutical analyst shall, as soon as is practicable,
analyse or examine medicines or allied substances sent to the
laboratory and issue a certificate of analysis in such form as may
be prescribed.
(7) The Authority may use any approved laboratory to verify
the quality, efficacy and safety of medicines and allied substances
and the laboratory shall, upon analysis or examination of the
medicines or allied substances, issue a certificate of analysis.
(8) A certificate of analysis issued under this section shall be
received in evidence and shall be deemed to be so issued as the
case may be, without further proof, unless the contrary is proved.
PART VIII
INSPECTIONS
Inspectors
55. (1) The Board may appoint any suitably qualified person to
be an inspector for the purposes of ensuring compliance with this
Act, on such terms and conditions as it may determine.
(2) The Authority shall provide an inspector with an identification
card, in the prescribed form, which shall be prima facie evidence
of the inspector’s appointment as such.
(3) An inspector shall, in performing any function under this
Act—
(a) be in possession of the identification card referred to in
subsection (2); and
(b) show the identification card to any person who requests
to see it or is subject to an inspection or investigation
under this Act.
(4) An inspector may, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions
of this Act, at any reasonable time, and on the authority of a warrant,
enter any premises, pharmacy, health shop, agro-veterinary shop,
container, vessel, vehicle, aircraft or other conveyance that the
inspector has reasonable grounds to believe is used for the
commission of an offence or purposes contrary to the provisions of
this Act, and—
(a) search the pharmacy, health shop, agro-veterinary shop,
container, vessel, vehicle, aircraft or other conveyance,