National Health Security Act 2007

If the Director‑General of the CDC receives a report about a reportable event from an entity under section 48, the Director‑General must decide whether or not to vary the National Register to take account of the event.

For the purpose of making a decision under subsection (1), the Director‑General of the CDC may, by written notice to the entity, do either or both of the following:

request the entity to provide such further information as the Director‑General requires within the period specified in the notice, or within such longer period as the Director‑General allows;

request the entity to allow an inspector to inspect a specified facility of the entity at a reasonable time.

A notice requesting the entity to provide further information under paragraph (2)(a) must state that, if the entity does not provide the information within the period allowed under that paragraph, the Director‑General of the CDC may require the entity to dispose of its entire holdings of any or all of the security‑sensitive biological agents to which the report relates.

The Director‑General of the CDC must decide to vary the National Register to take account of the reportable event if:

the entity provided all the information required by paragraph 48(5)(b), and any further information requested under paragraph (2)(a) of this section, in relation to the reportable event; and

if the reportable event is the event referred to in paragraph 48(1)(a) or subparagraph 48(1)(d)(i)—the Director‑General is satisfied that the purpose stated in the entity’s report for which the entity is handling the security‑sensitive biological agent to which the reportable event relates is a legitimate purpose.

The Director‑General of the CDC must notify the entity in writing of the Director‑General’s decision under subsection (1). The notice must include the information (if any) prescribed by the regulations.

Section 50 applies if the requirements referred to in paragraph (4)(a) of this section are not met.

Section 52 applies if the reportable event is the event referred to in paragraph 48(1)(a) or subparagraph 48(1)(d)(i) and the requirements referred to in paragraph (4)(a) of this section are met but the requirement referred to in paragraph (4)(b) of this section is not met.