Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00295:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00295
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 7185–8014

9  Law enforcement agencies
 (1) A law enforcement agency is an exempt entity in relation to a security‑sensitive biological agent if the agency:
 (a) handles the security‑sensitive biological agent only in the course of carrying out a function of the agency under a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory; and
 (b) does not handle the security‑sensitive biological agent for the purpose of using it as a control sample for testing or carrying out diagnostic analysis.
 (2) Each of the following is a law enforcement agency:
 (a) the Australian Federal Police;
 (b) a police force of a State or Territory;
 (c) the Department administered by the Minister administering Part 1 of Chapter 8 of the Biosecurity Act 2015;
 (d) the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901.