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108 Expenses incurred in complying with human biosecurity control orders
The Commonwealth is liable to pay for reasonable expenses incurred by an individual in complying with a biosecurity measure included in a human biosecurity control order.
Part 4—Managing risks to human health: other biosecurity measures
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Division 2 allows human remains to be brought into Australian territory. Sometimes, requirements may be specified or directions given in relation to human remains.
Division 3 allows the Director of Human Biosecurity to determine human health response zones to which entry and exit requirements apply.
Division 2—Managing deceased individuals
110 Human remains brought into Australian territory
(1) Human remains may be brought into Australian territory.
Note 1: In some cases, requirements are specified for bringing human remains into Australian territory (see subsection (2)).
Note 2: Human remains are not goods (see the definition of goods in section 19).
(2) The Director of Human Biosecurity may specify, in writing:
(a) classes of human remains; and
(b) requirements for:
(i) bringing human remains into Australian territory; or
(ii) managing human remains in those classes after bringing them into Australian territory.
(3) An instrument made under subsection (2) is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the instrument.
(4) A requirement specified for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) must relate to preventing, or reducing the risk of, a listed human disease entering, or emerging, establishing itself, or spreading in, Australian territory or a part of Australian territory.
(5) This section does not apply to the human remains of an individual who dies:
(a) in transit before arriving in Australian territory; or
(b) on arrival in Australian territory.
Note: For individuals who have died in transit or on arrival, see section 112.
(6) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) applies must comply with the requirement.