(1)  The Secretary may appoint State Service officers and State Service employees employed in the Department to be analysts for the purposes of this Act and those officers and employees are to hold office in conjunction with State Service employment.

(1A)  The Secretary may, with the approval of another Head of a State Service Agency, appoint State Service officers and State Service employees employed in that Agency, who possess competent knowledge, to be analysts for the purposes of this Act, and such officers and employees may hold office as analysts in conjunction with State Service employment.

(2)  No person shall be appointed as an analyst who is directly or indirectly engaged or interested in the manufacture or sale of scheduled substances or any class or kind thereof.

(3)  The Minister shall cause notice to be published in the Gazette when an appointment is made under this section stating the address of the place of residence or laboratory of the person appointed.