Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00036:reg:31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00036
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 31
Character Range: 305136–305949

31  Payment for samples
 (1) If a sample of therapeutic goods is taken by an authorised officer, the Commonwealth is liable to pay the owner of the goods from which the sample was taken an amount equal to the value of any part of the sample removed by the authorised officer.
 (1A) If a sample of therapeutic goods delivered under paragraph 28(5)(h) or subsection 41FN(2) of the Act is sent to a laboratory for analysis, the Commonwealth is liable to pay to the person in relation to whom the goods are entered on the Register an amount equal to the value of the sample.
 (2) The amount the Commonwealth is liable to pay is to be worked out on the basis of the market value of the sample when the sample was taken by the authorised officer or delivered under paragraph 28(5)(h) or subsection 41FN(2) of the Act.