National Health Security Act 2007

An entity to which this Division applies (other than a registered entity) must give a report that complies with subsection (3) to the Director‑General of the CDC:

within 2 business days after the entity starts to handle a security‑sensitive biological agent; or

if a longer period is specified in a written notice given to the entity by the Director‑General—within that longer period.

Failure to give a report is an offence: see section 43.

Section 55 deals with the application of the reporting requirements in relation to individuals.

Section 38K (Reporting if biological agent disposed of after confirmatory testing shows it is a security‑sensitive biological agent) treats this section as never having applied in certain circumstances.

For the purposes of this section, an entity that, at the commencement of this section, is handling one or more security‑sensitive biological agents, is taken to start to handle those security‑sensitive biological agents at the end of the period of one month after the commencement of this section.

A report given by an entity under subsection (1):

must be in a form approved by the Director‑General of the CDC; and

must contain the following information:

the name of the entity;

the name and address of each facility where the entity handles a security‑sensitive biological agent;

the name of each security‑sensitive biological agent handled at each facility;

the purpose for which each security‑sensitive biological agent is handled;

Section 41 sets out the purposes that are legitimate purposes for an entity to handle a security‑sensitive biological agent.

any other information required by the approved form; and

must state that the entity is complying with the SSBA Standards.

Subsection (1) does not apply in the circumstances (if any) prescribed by the regulations.