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NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT 2007 (NO. 174, 2007)

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Short title  
  • 2 Commencement  
  • 3 Definitions  
  • 4 Binding the Crown  
  • 5 Application of laws to external Territories  

PART 2--PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE

Division 1--Objects of Part

  • 6 Objects of Part  

Division 2--National Health Security Agreement

Division 3--Permissible purposes

Division 4--National Focal Point

Division 5--National Notifiable Disease List

Division 6--Notifying, sharing information and liaising with responsible Commonwealth, State or Territory bodies in relation to public health events of national significance etc

  • 13 Notifying, sharing information and liaising with responsible Commonwealth, State or Territory bodies in relation to public health events of national significance  
  • 14 Receipt of information or recommendation from the World Health Organization  
  • 15 Non-personal information  

Division 7--Public health observation

Division 8--Confidentiality of information

  • 18 Definition of protected information for the purposes of Part 2  
  • 19 Authorisation to use information for permissible purposes  
  • 20 Authorisation to use information for purposes of proceedings  
  • 21 Offence relating to protected information  
  • 22 Defence for use of information in good faith  
  • 23 Defence for use of information also received from another source and use of information by prescribed agencies  
  • 24 Defence for use of information required by another law  
  • 25 Defence for disclosure to person to whom information relates or if person to whom information relates consents  
  • 26 Defence for disclosure to person who provided the information  

Division 9--Miscellaneous

  • 27 Notice to other countries about further use of information  
  • 28 Delegation  
  • 29 Annual report  

PART 3--REGULATION OF SECURITY-SENSITIVE BIOLOGICAL AGENTS

Division 1--Preliminary

  • 30 Object of Part  

Division 2--The List of Security-sensitive Biological Agents

Division 3--Standards relating to security-sensitive biological agents

Division 4--The National Register

Division 5--Requirements for entities that handle security-sensitive biological agents

Subdivision A--Application and definitions

Division 6--Enforcement

Division 7--Powers of inspection

Subdivision A--Appointment of inspectors and identity cards
  • 63 Appointment of inspectors  
  • 64 Identity card  
  • Subdivision B--Monitoring compliance
  • 65 Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance  
  • 66 Monitoring powers  
  • 67 Power to operate equipment  
  • 68 Compensation for damage to electronic equipment  
  • 69 Application for monitoring warrant  
  • Subdivision C--Offence-related powers
  • 70 Searches related to offences  
  • Subdivision D--Expert assistance
  • 71 Expert assistance to operate a thing  
  • 72 Expert assistance from scientific or technical expert  
  • Subdivision E--Emergency powers
  • 73 Powers available to inspectors for dealing with dangerous situations  
  • Subdivision F--Obligations and incidental powers of inspectors
  • 74 Inspector must produce identity card on request  
  • 75 Consent  
  • 76 Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc.  
  • 77 Announcement before entry  
  • Subdivision G--Other matters
  • 78 Occupier entitled to be present during search  
  • 79 Division not to abrogate privilege against self-incrimination  

Division 8--Review of decisions

  • 80 Meaning of reviewable decision  
  • 81 Notification of decision and review rights  
  • 82 Internal review  
  • 83 Review of decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal  

Division 9--Confidentiality of information

  • 84 Definition of protected information for the purposes of Part 3  
  • 85 Secretary may give report to certain agencies  
  • 86 Authorisation to use information in performing duties or exercising powers under Division 6, 7 or 8 of Part 2 or this Part  
  • 87 Authorisation to use information for certain purposes  
  • 88 Secretary may authorise use of information  
  • 89 Authorisation to use information for purposes of certain proceedings  
  • 90 Offence relating to protected information  
  • 91 Defence for disclosure to person who provided the information  
  • 92 Defence for use of information under particular laws  
  • 93 No other exceptions under other laws  

Division 10--Delegation

  • 94 Secretary may delegate powers and functions under this Part  

PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS

  • 95 Regulations  

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