National Health Security Amendment Bill 2009

Type: Government
Portfolio: Health and Ageing
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 42

Summary

Amends the National Health Security Act 2007 to: enable the minister to suspend certain existing regulatory requirements and specify new conditions to ensure adequate controls are maintained in the event of a security sensitive biological agent (SSBA) outbreak; establish controls relating to the handling of biological agents suspected of being SSBAs; provide for additional search and seizure powers; require registered entities to report certain existing reportable events to state or territory police; require registered entities to lodge nil annual and biannual reports; enable the secretary to cancel registration of an entity no longer handling SSBAs; and amend the definition of ‘biological agent’.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	24 Jun 2009
Second reading moved	24 Jun 2009
Referred to Main Committee	08 Sep 2009
Second reading debate	09 Sep 2009
Second reading agreed to	09 Sep 2009
Reported from Main Committee	09 Sep 2009
Third reading agreed to	09 Sep 2009

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	10 Sep 2009
Second reading moved	10 Sep 2009
Second reading debate	17 Sep 2009
Second reading agreed to	17 Sep 2009
Third reading agreed to	17 Sep 2009


Text of bill as passed both Houses	17 Sep 2009
Assent Act no.: 100 Year: 2009	07 Oct 2009

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Notes

An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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