Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT 2007 - SECT 55

  (1)   To avoid doubt, if:

  (a)   an individual is an officer or an employee of an entity, or is engaged as a consultant or a contractor by an entity; and

  (b)   the entity is:

  (i)   a body corporate; or

  (ii)   an agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and

  (c)   the individual's duties include handling a security - sensitive biological agent at a facility of the entity;

the individual is not required to give a report under subsection   42(1) or 48(3) or section   48A in relation to that security - sensitive biological agent and that facility.

Note:   The entity is required to give the report.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   2 or more individuals handle one or more security - sensitive biological agents at the same facility; and

  (b)   each individual is required to give a report under subsection   42(1) or 48(3) or section   48A in relation to those security - sensitive biological agents;

each individual satisfies that requirement if:

  (c)   each individual gives a report under that subsection or section; or

  (d)   all the individuals, acting jointly, give a joint report under that subsection or section.