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42 Listing human diseases
(1) The Director‑General of the CDC may, in writing, determine that a human disease is a listed human disease if the Director‑General considers that the disease may:
(a) be communicable; and
(b) cause significant harm to human health.
(2) Before making a determination under this section, the Director‑General of the CDC must consult with:
(a) the chief health officer (however described) for each State and Territory; and
(b) the Director of Biosecurity; and
(c) the Director of Human Biosecurity.
(3) A determination made under this section is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the instrument.
Part 2—Preventing risks to human health
43 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2 allows the Health Minister to prescribe requirements in relation to individuals, and operators of certain aircraft or vessels, that are entering or leaving Australian territory.
Division 3 requires operators of incoming and outgoing passenger aircraft and vessels to provide 24/7 contact information.
Pratique is granted under Division 4 for incoming aircraft and vessels. Pratique allows things to be unloaded from, and persons to disembark from, aircraft or vessels. Pratique can be granted by force of this Act (positive pratique) or by a biosecurity officer (negative pratique).
Under Division 5, the Health Minister may determine certain biosecurity measures for the purposes of preventing a specified behaviour or practice that causes, or contributes to, the entry into, or the emergence, establishment or spread in, Australian territory or a part of Australian territory of a specified listed human disease.
Certain officers and other persons can ask questions and require documents to be provided under Division 6 for various health‑related purposes.
Division 2—Entry and exit requirements