Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510:section:48:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 48 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 95564–97003

regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph.
Note: Section 38K (Reporting if biological agent disposed of after confirmatory testing shows it is a security‑sensitive biological agent) treats paragraph (1)(a) of this section as never having applied in certain circumstances.
 (2) Regulations for the purposes of paragraph (1)(g) may prescribe the circumstances in which access to a specified security‑sensitive biological agent, or a specified class of security‑sensitive biological agents, is unauthorised.
 (3) A registered entity must give a report about a reportable event to the Secretary. The report must be given within the prescribed period.
Note 1: Section 55 deals with the application of the reporting requirements in relation to individuals.
Note 2: The registered entity must also give reports about certain reportable events to police within a period prescribed by the regulations: see section 48A.
 (4) Regulations prescribing a period for the purposes of subsection (3) may:
 (a) prescribe different periods in relation to different reportable events; and
 (b) prescribe a period in relation to a reportable event that ends before or after the event occurs.
 (5) A report given by an entity under subsection (3):
 (a) must be in a form approved by the Secretary; and
 (b) must include the information required by the approved form.
 (6) Subsection (3) does not apply in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations.