Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025

The Director‑General may, in writing, direct a person (other than a person mentioned in subsection (5)) to give specified information to the Director‑General or a designated data service provider.

For specification by class, see subsection 33(3AB) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

The direction:

must specify the form in which the information is to be given; and

may:

require the specified information to be given on or before a specified day; or

require information of a specified class to be given periodically, at a specified frequency, until the end of a specified period.

The day specified in a direction as mentioned in subparagraph (2)(b)(i), or the first day on which information must be given under a direction as mentioned in subparagraph (2)(b)(ii), must be least 14 days after the direction is given.

The Director‑General may specify information, or a class of information, in a direction only if the Director‑General is satisfied that:

the information, or information in the class, is reasonably necessary for the performance of the Director‑General’s functions or duties under this Act; and

it is reasonable in all the circumstances for the Director‑General to give the direction; and

the Director‑General has consulted the Advisory Council about the proposed direction.

The Director‑General must not give a direction under subsection (1) to any of the following:

an Australian government entity;

an international organisation;

an individual employed or engaged by the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or an entity mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).