Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 38204–40567

17  Incoming travellers who are placed under public health observation
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) a traveller enters Australia; and
 (b) a responsible Commonwealth, State or Territory body places the traveller under public health observation; and
 (c) the traveller is in transit while in Australia; and
 (d) after leaving Australia, the traveller is travelling to a port or airport outside Australia.
 (2) The responsible Commonwealth, State or Territory body must notify the National Focal Point of the following information:
 (a) the name, address and date of birth of the person;
 (b) that the person is under public health observation;
 (c) the reason for the person being under public health observation;
 (d) the name of the ship or flight on which the traveller is travelling after leaving Australia, and the expected time that the ship or flight will arrive at the first port or airport outside Australia;
 (e) the name of the ship or flight on which the person left the last port or airport outside Australia, and the time that the ship or flight left that port or airport;
 (f) any other information prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
 (3) If the person's first port or airport of arrival outside Australia is in a State Party, the National Focal Point must notify one of the following entities of the information referred to in subsection (2):
 (a) the first port or airport outside Australia;
 (b) if that is not reasonably practicable—the State Party's National IHR Focal Point (within the meaning of the International Health Regulations).
Note: The National Focal Point must also give a notice specifying the purposes for which the information referred to in subsection (2) may be used: see subsection 27(1).
 (4) If the person's first port or airport of arrival outside Australia is not in a State Party, the National Focal Point may notify that port or airport of the information referred to in subsection (2).
Note: The National Focal Point must also give a notice specifying the purposes for which the information referred to in subsection (2) may be used: see subsection 27(3).
 (5) The National Focal Point may notify the last port or airport outside Australia that the person left before arriving in Australia of the information referred to in subsection (2).

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