Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations
Biosecurity (Human Health) Regulation 2016
1 Section 4 (paragraph (h) of the note)
Repeal the paragraph.
2 Section 20
Repeal the section, substitute:
(1) A person may disclose information referred to in subsection (2) if:
(a) the disclosure is in the course of or for the purposes of:
(i) performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, under this Part; or
(ii) assisting another person to perform functions or duties, or exercise powers, under this Part; and
(b) the disclosure is to any of the following:
(i) a Commonwealth body;
(ii) a State or Territory body;
(iii) a biosecurity industry participant;
(iv) an overseas competent authority.
(2) The information that may be disclosed under subsection (1) is as follows:
(a) evidence of a sanitation health risk associated with a vessel found during a ship sanitation certification inspection of the vessel;
(b) details of a ship sanitation certificate in force for a vessel;
(c) details of a vessel for which a ship sanitation certificate is not in force;
(d) any other information relating to the information referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
(3) This section does not limit Division 3 of Part 2 of Chapter 11 of the Act.
3 At the end of the instrument
Add:
Part 6 -- Application, saving and transitional provisions
Section 20, as amended by the Biosecurity (Human Health) Amendment (Information Management) Regulations 2023 , applies in relation to the disclosure of information on or after the commencement of this section, whether the information was obtained before, on or after that commencement.