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Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Declaration 2020.

Country/Territory
Australia
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Public health Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Use restrictions
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Declaration enters into force immediately and ends after 3 months from 18 March 2020.
Abstract

Section 475 of the Biosecurity Act 2015 provides that the Governor-General may declare that a human biosecurity emergency exists if the Health Minister is satisfied that a listed human disease is posing a severe and immediate threat, or is causing harm, to human health on a nationally significant scale, and the declaration is necessary to prevent or control the entry, emergence, establishment or spread of the listed human disease in Australian territory. ‘Human coronavirus with pandemic potential’ (COVID-19) is a ‘listed human disease’ for the purposes of the Act. The Health Minister is satisfied, as required by subsection 475(1) of the Act, the listed human disease is posing a severe and immediate threat to human health on a nationally significant scale, and the declaration is necessary to prevent or control the entry, emergence, establishment or spread of human coronavirus with pandemic potential (COVID19) in Australian territory.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implements

Biosecurity Act 2015 (No. 61, 2015).

Legislation | Australia | 2015 (2021)

Keyword: Marine pollution, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment, Biosecurity, Internal trade, International trade, Certification, Fish disease, Aquaculture, Mariculture, Biodiversity, Hazards, Animal health, Basic legislation, Pests/diseases, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Plant production, Fertilizers/nutrients, Plant protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX