BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 14A Meaning of biosecurity worker

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 14A

  (1)   A biosecurity worker is:

  (a)   an APS employee in the Agriculture Department or Health Department; or

  (b)   a person who is an employee of an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999 ) and whose services are made available to the Agriculture Department or Health Department; or

  (c)   a person who is:

  (i)   engaged as a consultant or contractor to perform services for the Agriculture Department or Health Department; and

  (ii)   specified in a determination under subsection   (2); or

  (d)   a person who is:

  (i)   engaged or employed by a person to whom paragraph   (c) or this paragraph applies; and

  (ii)   performing services for the Agriculture Department or Health Department in connection with that engagement or employment; and

  (iii)   specified in a determination under subsection   (3).

  (2)   The Director of Biosecurity or the Director of Human Biosecurity may, by written determination, specify a person for the purposes of subparagraph   (1)(c)(ii).

  (3)   The Director of Biosecurity or the Director of Human Biosecurity may, by written determination, specify a person for the purposes of subparagraph   (1)(d)(iii).

  (4)   A determination under subsection   (2) or (3) is not a legislative instrument.