| (a) | The Director-General may designate an institution having adequate facilities and suitably qualified, skilled and experienced personnel, as an analyst for the purposes of the provisions of this Act or a Scheme. |
[Section 20(1)(a) substituted by section 12(a) of the Liquor Products Amendment Act, 2021 (Act no 8 of 2021), Notice No. 567 of GG45179, dated 17 September 2021 - effective 1 August 2023 as per Proclamation Notice 132 of 2023]
| (b) | The designation of a person as an analyst in terms of section 28 of the Wine, Other Fermented Beverages and Spirits Act, 1957, (Act No. 25 of 1957), shall, if in force immediately prior to the date of commencement of this section, be deemed to have been done in terms of paragraph (a). |
| (2) | Each sample submitted to an analyst in terms of section 18(4) shall be tested, examined or analysed in accordance with the prescribed methods. |
[Section 20(2) substituted by section 12(b) of the Liquor Products Amendment Act, 2021 (Act no 8 of 2021), Notice No. 567 of GG45179, dated 17 September 2021 - effective 1 August 2023 as per Proclamation Notice 132 of 2023]
| (a) | record the results of such test, examination or analysis on a certificate determined for this purpose by the administering officer or the Authority, as the case may be; and |
| (b) | furnish the original of such certificate to the person referred to in section 18(1) by whom the sample concerned was taken. |
| (4) | No person shall use a certificate referred to in subsection (3), or any results recorded on such certificate, in any manner whatsoever for the purposes of any advertisement. |
