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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 42

Listing human diseases

  (1)   The Director of Human Biosecurity may, in writing, determine that a human disease is a listed human disease if the Director considers that the disease may:

  (a)   be communicable; and

  (b)   cause significant harm to human health.

  (2)   Before making a determination under this section, the Director of Human Biosecurity must consult with:

  (a)   the chief health officer (however described) for each State and Territory; and

  (b)   the Director of Biosecurity.

  (3)   A determination made under this section is a legislative instrument, but section   42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the instrument.



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