National Health Security Amendment Act 2012

Subject to subsection (2), if an entity gives the Secretary 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.