Disclosure for the purposes of foreign governments etc. managing risks
585 Disclosure for the purposes of foreign governments etc. managing risks
An entrusted person may disclose relevant information to a foreign government, an authority or agency of a foreign government or an international body of an intergovernmental character, for the purposes of:
the government, authority, agency or body managing a risk covered by subsection (2); or
giving effect to Australia’s international obligations.
The risk covered by this subsection is:
the likelihood of a disease or pest:
entering a foreign country or a part of a foreign country; or
emerging, establishing itself or spreading in a foreign country or a part of a foreign country; and
the potential for any of the following:
the disease or pest to cause harm to human, animal or plant health in that foreign country;
the disease or pest to cause harm to the environment in that foreign country;
economic consequences in that foreign country associated with the entry, emergence, establishment or spread of the disease or pest as mentioned in paragraph (a).
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