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BIOSECURITY (HUMAN HEALTH) REGULATION 2016 - REG 10

Requirements for taking, storing, etc. body samples

  (1)   For subsection   91(3) of the Act, this section prescribes requirements for taking, storing, transporting, labelling and using body samples provided under subsection   91(2) of the Act.

  (2)   The body samples must be taken in a manner consistent with appropriate medical standards.

  (3)   The body samples must be stored, transported, labelled and used in a manner consistent with appropriate professional standards that are relevant to managing the risks to human health of listed human diseases.

Person must comply with requirements

  (4)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person is required to comply with a requirement in subsection   (2) or (3) in relation to a body sample; and

  (b)   the person does not comply with the requirement.

Fault - based offence

  (5)   A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection   (4).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Civil penalty provision

  (6)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   (4).

Civil penalty:   50 penalty units.

 



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