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Permissible purposes

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Part 2Public health surveillance
Division 3Permissible purposes

8 Permissible purposes

For the purposes of this Part, each of the following is a permissible purpose:

(a)

preventing, protecting against, controlling or responding to a public health event of national significance (other than an overseas mass casualty);

(b)

giving effect to the International Health Regulations (other than as mentioned in paragraph (a));

(c)

if an Australian suffers from a disease, or is injured or dies, as a result of an overseas mass casualty—facilitating:

(i)

the identification of the Australian (whether in Australia or overseas); and

(ii)

the repatriation of the Australian to Australia; and

(iii)

the treatment of the Australian (whether in Australia or overseas);

(d)

if a person who is not an Australian suffers from a disease, or is injured or dies, as a result of an overseas mass casualty—facilitating:

(i)

the identification of the person (whether within Australia or overseas); and

(ii)

bringing the person to Australia for treatment; and

(iii)

the treatment in Australia of the person;

(e)

preventing, or reducing the possibility of, a listed human disease entering, or emerging, establishing itself or spreading in, Australian territory or a part of Australian territory;

(f)

preventing a listed human disease from spreading to another country.

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Section 8 — Permissible purposes — National Health Security Act 2007 (Commonwealth) — Barrister AI