National Health Security Act 2007

This section applies if:

it is determined from confirmatory testing that the biological agent is a security‑sensitive biological agent; and

within 2 business days, or such longer period as the Director‑General of the CDC allows, after making or becoming aware of the determination, an entity that carried out the confirmatory testing or is the initial tester disposes of its entire holdings of the biological agent; and

the disposal is carried out in accordance with the SSBA Standards relating to the disposal of a biological agent that was previously suspected, on the basis of testing in a laboratory, of being a security‑sensitive biological agent; and

before the entity carried out the disposal, the biological agent was not included on the National Register in relation to the entity.

The entity must give the Director‑General of the CDC a report that:

states that the entity has disposed of its entire holdings of the biological agent in accordance with the SSBA Standards relating to the disposal of a biological agent that was previously suspected, on the basis of testing in a laboratory, of being a security‑sensitive biological agent; and

is in a form approved by the Director‑General; and

includes the information required by the approved form.

The entity must give the Director‑General of the CDC the report within 2 business days after completing the disposal or such longer period as the Director‑General allows.

If the entity gives the Director‑General of the CDC the report in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) of this section, section 42 and paragraph 48(1)(a) do not apply, and are taken never to have applied, in relation to the handling of the biological agent by the entity.