BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 583 Use or disclosure for the purposes of managing human health risks

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 583

  (1)   An entrusted person or a person covered by subsection   (2) may use or disclose relevant information for the purpose of managing one or more of the following:

  (a)   a risk covered by subsection   (3);

  (b)   the risk of contagion of a listed human disease;

  (c)   the risk of listed human diseases entering Australian territory or a part of Australian territory, or emerging, establishing themselves or spreading in Australian territory or a part of Australian territory;

  (d)   human biosecurity emergencies.

  (2)   The following persons are covered by this subsection:

  (a)   a person employed or engaged by the Commonwealth or a body corporate that is established by a law of the Commonwealth;

  (b)   a biosecurity official;

  (c)   a chief human biosecurity officer;

  (d)   a human biosecurity officer;

  (e)   a biosecurity industry participant or an officer or employee of a biosecurity industry participant.

  (3)   The risk covered by this subsection is:

  (a)   the likelihood of a disease:

  (i)   entering Australian territory or a part of Australian territory; or

  (ii)   emerging, establishing itself or spreading in Australian territory or a part of Australian territory; and

  (b)   the potential for the disease to cause serious harm to human health.