Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510:section:3:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 21179–23959

Privacy Act 1988.
person assisting an inspector has the meaning given by section 70B.
premises includes the following:
 (a) a facility;
 (b) a place (including an area of land);
 (c) any part of premises (including premises referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b)).
protected information:
 (a) for the purposes of Part 2—has the meaning given by section 18; and
 (b) for the purposes of Part 3—has the meaning given by section 84.
public health event of national significance means any of the following events:
 (a) one or more cases or potential cases of a disease listed on the National Notifiable Disease List;
 (b) an urgent event;
 (c) an overseas mass casualty;
 (ca) if a national emergency declaration (within the meaning of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020) is in force—an emergency to which the declaration relates, if the emergency relates to public health;
 (d) a public health risk (other than an event covered by paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (ca)).
public health observation means the monitoring of the health of a person for the purposes of determining the risk of transmission of a disease.
public health risk means an event:
 (a) that might adversely affect the health of human populations; and
 (b) that satisfies any one or more of the following conditions:
 (i) the health effects of the event might spread within Australia;
 (ii) the health effects of the event might spread between Australia and another country;
 (iii) the health effects of the event might spread between 2 other countries;
 (iv) the event might present a serious and direct danger.
register an entity means include the entity on the National Register in relation to one or more security‑sensitive biological agents handled by the entity at one or more facilities.
registered entity means an entity that is registered under section 44 or 47.
reportable event means an event referred to in subsection 48(1).
reportable quantity, in relation to a toxin included in the List of Security‑sensitive Biological Agents, means the quantity (if any) specified in the list as the reportable quantity of that toxin.
responsible Commonwealth, State or Territory body, when used in a provision of Part 2, means a body that is determined under subsection (2) to be a responsible Commonwealth, State or Territory body for the purposes of the provision of Part 2.
reviewable decision, for the purposes of Division 8 of Part 3, has the meaning given by section 80.
sample of a biological agent includes:
 (a) a subculture of the agent; and
 (b) a preparation made from the agent.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
security‑sensitive biological agent means a biological agent that is included in the List of Security‑sensitive Biological Agents.
SSBA means security‑sensitive biological