Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00076:clause:3_583
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00076
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 583
Character Range: 31452–32757

583  Use or disclosure for the purposes of managing human health risks
 (1) An entrusted person or a person covered by subsection (2) may use or disclose relevant information for the purpose of managing one or more of the following:
 (a) a risk covered by subsection (3);
 (b) the risk of contagion of a listed human disease;
 (c) the risk of listed human diseases entering Australian territory or a part of Australian territory, or emerging, establishing themselves or spreading in Australian territory or a part of Australian territory;
 (d) human biosecurity emergencies.
 (2) The following persons are covered by this subsection:
 (a) a person employed or engaged by the Commonwealth or a body corporate that is established by a law of the Commonwealth;
 (b) a biosecurity official;
 (c) a chief human biosecurity officer;
 (d) a human biosecurity officer;
 (e) a biosecurity industry participant or an officer or employee of a biosecurity industry participant.
 (3) The risk covered by this subsection is:
 (a) the likelihood of a disease:
 (i) entering Australian territory or a part of Australian territory; or
 (ii) emerging, establishing itself or spreading in Australian territory or a part of Australian territory; and
 (b) the potential for the disease to cause serious harm to human health.