Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT 2007 - SECT 55

             (1)  To avoid doubt, if:

                     (a)  an individual is an officer or an employee of an entity, or is engaged as a consultant or a contractor by an entity; and

                     (b)  the entity is:

                              (i)  a body corporate; or

                             (ii)  an agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and

                     (c)  the individual's duties include handling a security-sensitive biological agent at a facility of the entity;

the individual is not required to give a report under subsection 42(1) or 48(3) or section 48A in relation to that security-sensitive biological agent and that facility.

Note:          The entity is required to give the report.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  2 or more individuals handle one or more security-sensitive biological agents at the same facility; and

                     (b)  each individual is required to give a report under subsection 42(1) or 48(3) or section 48A in relation to those security-sensitive biological agents;

each individual satisfies that requirement if:

                     (c)  each individual gives a report under that subsection or section; or

                     (d)  all the individuals, acting jointly, give a joint report under that subsection or section.