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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 66

Revoking a human biosecurity control order

  (1)   A chief human biosecurity officer or a human biosecurity officer may, by notice, revoke a human biosecurity control order that is in force in relation to an individual only if the officer is satisfied that:

  (a)   the individual is not at risk of contagion; or

  (b)   the order no longer contributes to reducing the risk of a listed human disease entering, or emerging, establishing itself or spreading in, Australian territory or a part of Australian territory.

Note:   The Director of Human Biosecurity must be notified of a revocation of a human biosecurity control order (see section   67).

  (2)   A revocation takes effect immediately.

Giving notice of revocation

  (3)   An officer who revokes a human biosecurity control order that is in force in relation to an individual must cause the individual to be given a copy of the notice revoking the order.


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