Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510:section:85
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 85
Character Range: 180440–181601

85  Secretary may give report to certain agencies
 (1) The Secretary may give a report to:
 (a) such intelligence agencies as are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or
 (b) such law enforcement agencies as are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or
 (c) any Commonwealth, State or Territory agencies with responsibility for responding to emergencies;
in order to enable those agencies to assess the security risks posed in relation to security‑sensitive biological agents, and biological agents suspected of being security‑sensitive biological agents, and take action in relation to those risks.
Note: This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph 6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle 6.
 (2) A report under subsection (1) may include protected information.
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a security risk includes the possibility that a release of a security‑sensitive biological agent, or of a biological agent suspected of being a security‑sensitive biological agent, may be a public health risk or may cause damage to the environment.