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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 476

Governor-General may extend a human biosecurity emergency period

  (1)   The Governor - General may vary a human biosecurity emergency declaration to extend the human biosecurity emergency period for a period of up to 3 months if the Health Minister is satisfied that:

  (a)   the declaration listed human disease is continuing to pose a severe and immediate threat, or is continuing to cause harm, to human health on a nationally significant scale; and

  (b)   the extension is necessary to prevent or control:

  (i)   the entry of the declaration listed human disease into Australian territory or a part of Australian territory; or

  (ii)   the emergence, establishment or spread of the declaration listed human disease in Australian territory or a part of Australian territory.

  (2)   A variation made under subsection   (1) is a legislative instrument, but section   42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the variation.

  (3)   The Governor - General may extend a human biosecurity emergency period under subsection   (1) more than once.


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