Biodiscovery Act 2004
sec.49Access to compliance code and collection protocols
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sec.49 Access to compliance code and collection protocols
The chief executive must keep a copy of the compliance code and each collection protocol, and each document applied, adopted or incorporated by the code or protocol, available for inspection, without charge— during normal business hours at the department’s head office and each regional office of the department; and on the department’s website on the internet. On payment of the fee decided by the chief executive, a person may obtain a copy of the code or a protocol from the chief executive. The fee decided by the chief executive must not be more than the reasonable cost of producing the copy. s 49 amd 2020 No. 27 s 3 sch 1 (sec.49-ssec.1) The chief executive must keep a copy of the compliance code and each collection protocol, and each document applied, adopted or incorporated by the code or protocol, available for inspection, without charge— during normal business hours at the department’s head office and each regional office of the department; and on the department’s website on the internet. (sec.49-ssec.2) On payment of the fee decided by the chief executive, a person may obtain a copy of the code or a protocol from the chief executive. (sec.49-ssec.3) The fee decided by the chief executive must not be more than the reasonable cost of producing the copy.
- (a) during normal business hours at the department’s head office and each regional office of the department; and
- (b) on the department’s website on the internet.