Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT 2007 - SECT 8

    For the purposes of this Part, each of the following is a permissible purpose :

  (a)   preventing, protecting against, controlling or responding to a public health event of national significance (other than an overseas mass casualty);

  (b)   giving effect to the International Health Regulations (other than as mentioned in paragraph   (a));

  (c)   if an Australian suffers from a disease, or is injured or dies, as a result of an overseas mass casualty--facilitating:

  (i)   the identification of the Australian (whether in Australia or overseas); and

  (ii)   the repatriation of the Australian to Australia; and

  (iii)   the treatment of the Australian (whether in Australia or overseas);

  (d)   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:

  (i)   the identification of the person (whether within Australia or overseas); and

  (ii)   bringing the person to Australia for treatment; and

  (iii)   the treatment in Australia of the person;

  (e)   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;

  (f)   preventing a listed human disease from spreading to another country.