Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Declaration 2020. País/Territorio Australia Tipo de documento Miscelanea Fecha 2020 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia General Palabra clave Salud pública Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos Restricciones para el uso Área geográphica Asia y Pacifico, Australia y Nueva Zelandia, Océano Índico, Oceania, Pacífico Sur Entry into force notes This Declaration enters into force immediately and ends after 3 months from 18 March 2020. Resumen 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. Texto completo Inglés Página web www.legislation.gov.au Referencias - Legislación Implementa Biosecurity Act 2015 (No. 61, 2015). Legislación | Australia | 2015 (2021) Palabra clave: Contaminación marina, Normas sobre calidad ambiental, Normas, Protección del medio ambiente, Bioseguridad, Comercio interior, Comercio internacional, Certificación, Enfermedades de los peces, Acuicultura, Marinocultura, Biodiversidad, Peligros, Sanidad animal, Legislación básica, Plagas/enfermedades, Alimentos para animales/piensos, Producción vegetal, Fertilizantes/nutrientes, Protección vegetal Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX