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BIOSECURITY REGULATION 2016 - REG 94

Submissions may be made publicly available

  (1)   Subject to subsections   (2), (3), (4) and (5), the Inspector - General may, in any way he or she thinks appropriate, make available to the public generally, or to particular persons or organisations, a submission, or a part of a submission (including a written record of an oral submission), made in response to an invitation under subsection   93(1).

  (2)   The Inspector - General must not make available under subsection   (1) a submission, or a part of a submission, to the extent that:

  (a)   it names, or otherwise specifically identifies:

  (i)   an officer (other than the Director of Biosecurity) or an employee of a Commonwealth body; or

  (ii)   an officer or employee of a State or Territory body; or

  (iii)   a consultant to the Department; or

  (iv)   a member of the Australian Defence Force; or

  (b)   it contains information in relation to which a direction given by the Agriculture Minister under paragraph   101(3)(c) applies.

  (3)   The Inspector - General must not make available under subsection   (1) a submission, or a part of a submission, made by a person if:

  (a)   the person requested the Inspector - General not to make the submission, or the part of the submission, available or include it in a review report, and the Inspector - General agreed to the request; or

  (b)   the submission, or the part of a submission, was returned to, or withdrawn by, the person under subsection   93(5).

  (4)   The Inspector - General must not make available under subsection   (1) a written record of an oral submission made by a person unless the person has verified the content of the record.

  (5)   If a person who made a submission in response to an invitation under subsection   93(1) made a request under paragraph   93(3)(b), the Inspector - General must not make available the person's name, or otherwise specifically identify the person, in any information made available under this section.



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