Permissible purposes
8 Permissible purposes
For the purposes of this Part, each of the following is a permissible purpose:
preventing, protecting against, controlling or responding to a public health event of national significance (other than an overseas mass casualty);
giving effect to the International Health Regulations (other than as mentioned in paragraph (a));
if an Australian suffers from a disease, or is injured or dies, as a result of an overseas mass casualty—facilitating:
the identification of the Australian (whether in Australia or overseas); and
the repatriation of the Australian to Australia; and
the treatment of the Australian (whether in Australia or overseas);
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:
the identification of the person (whether within Australia or overseas); and
bringing the person to Australia for treatment; and
the treatment in Australia of the person;
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;
preventing a listed human disease from spreading to another country.
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