Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510:section:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8
Character Range: 29214–30557

8  Permissible purposes
  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.

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