Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510:section:48:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 48 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 93069–95848

48  Registered entity must report any changes to the Secretary
 (1) Each of the following is a reportable event in relation to a registered entity:
 (a) the entity starts to handle at a facility a security‑sensitive biological agent that is not included on the National Register in relation to the entity and that facility;
 (b) the entity disposes of its entire holdings of a security‑sensitive biological agent that is included on the National Register in relation to the entity and a facility (including a disposal required by a direction given by the Secretary under this Part);
 (c) if the entity is included on the National Register in relation to a facility and a security‑sensitive biological agent that is a toxin:
 (i) the entity disposes of a quantity of the toxin; and
 (ii) after the disposal, the quantity of the toxin handled by the entity at that facility is less than the reportable quantity of that toxin;
 (d) the entity:
 (i) starts to handle a security‑sensitive biological agent that is included on the National Register in relation to the entity and a facility for a purpose other than the purpose specified in the National Register; or
 (ii) stops handling a security‑sensitive biological agent that is included on the National Register in relation to the entity and a facility for a purpose specified in the National Register;
 (e) the entity transfers a security‑sensitive biological agent that is included on the National Register in relation to the entity and a facility:
 (i) to another entity; or
 (ii) to another facility of the entity;
 (f) a security‑sensitive biological agent that is included on the National Register in relation to the entity and a facility is lost or stolen;
Note: Accidental or deliberate releases of security‑sensitive biological agents that could cause harm to human health or the environment may need to be reported under State or Territory legislation.
 (g) a person accesses a security‑sensitive biological agent that is included on the National Register in relation to the entity and a facility, and the access is unauthorised under the regulations;
 (h) any other event prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph;
 (i) a period for which both the following conditions are met ends:
 (i) the duration of the period is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph;
 (ii) there is no occurrence in the period of a reportable event that is described in paragraph (h) and is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph.
Note: Section 38K (Reporting if biological agent disposed of after confirmatory testing shows it is a security‑sensitive biological agent) treats paragraph (1)(a) of this section as never having applied in certain circumstances.
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