{"id":"F2009L04656","name":"National Health Security (SSBA Standards) Determination 2009","slug":"national-health-security-ssba-standards-determination-2009","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":82548,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L04656-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Security (SSBA Standards) Determination 2009","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nNational Health Security (SSBA Standards) Determination 2009\n\nNational Health Security Act 2007\n\nI, NICOLA ROXON, Minister for Health and Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 35 (1) of the National Health Security Act 2007.\n\nDated 4 December 2009\n\nNICOLA ROXON\n\nMinister for Health and Ageing\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the National Health Security (SSBA Standards) Determination 2009.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences on 31 January 2010.\n\n3 Definitions\n\nIn this Determination:\n\n> Act means the National Health Security Act 2007.\n\n> SSBA Standards means the Security‑sensitive Biological Agent (SSBA) Standards, dated 1 October 2009, published by the Commonwealth.\n\n> Note The Security‑sensitive Biological Agent (SSBA) Standards can be found on the Department’s website at http://www.health.gov.au/ssba.\n\n4 Determination\n\nFor subsection 35 (1) of the Act, the SSBA Standards are determined.\n\n5 Revocation\n\nThe National Health Security (SSBA Standards) Determination 2008 is revoked.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1721},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument updates the incorporated standards from the 2008 version to the 2009 version. The scope remains identical to the original 2008 Determination: to determine the current SSBA Standards as the legally binding security requirements under the National Health Security Act. No expansion or alteration of regulatory reach has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 operative sections)","Substantive content incorporated by reference to external document rather than included in the text","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions within the instrument itself","Minimal definitions section (only 2 defined terms)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument gives legal force to the Health Department’s Security-sensitive Biological Agent (SSBA) Standards, binding laboratories, research institutions, universities and anyone with access to high-risk pathogens to those security rules.  \n\nIt matters because it centralises technical security requirements in a separate standards document (here updating the 2008 to the 2009 version), enabling timely updates to controls over dangerous agents without re‑legislating."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-security-ssba-standards-determination-2009","history":"/api/acts/national-health-security-ssba-standards-determination-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-security-ssba-standards-determination-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-security-ssba-standards-determination-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-security-ssba-standards-determination-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-security-ssba-standards-determination-2009/documents"}}