Application of Division 5 to an entity that gives a temporary handling report
60AC Application of Division 5 to an entity that gives a temporary handling report
Subject to subsection (2), if an entity gives the Director‑General of the CDC a temporary handling report for a particular sample of a security‑sensitive biological agent, Division 5 does not apply in relation to the handling of the sample by the entity.
If the entity does not dispose of the sample by the end of the temporary handling period for the sample:
subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the handling of the sample by the entity after the end of the temporary handling period; and
section 42 applies to the entity and the security‑sensitive biological agent as if the reference to 2 business days after the entity starts to handle the security‑sensitive biological agent were a reference to 2 business days after the end of the temporary handling period.
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