Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.58Chief executive may make emergency order
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sec.58 Chief executive may make emergency order
The chief executive may make an order (an emergency order ) authorising a person to carry out a regulated activity with a regulated substance in relation to any of the following events— a biosecurity event for which a biosecurity emergency order applies under the Biosecurity Act 2014 , section 113 ; a disaster situation under the Disaster Management Act 2003 ; a declared public health emergency under the Public Health Act 2005 ; an emergency under the Public Safety Preservation Act 1986 ; another event, at a State or local level, that poses a health risk, including an event that has the potential to cause human disease through exposure to infection. an outbreak of a communicable disease An emergency order must state the following things— the event to which the order applies; a description of the area to which the order applies; the day the order starts; the day, no later than 3 months after the order starts, the order ends; the regulated activity with the regulated substance that may be carried out; the class of persons who may carry out the regulated activity; any conditions applying to the regulated activity, including, for example, the circumstances in which a person may carry out the activity. (sec.58-ssec.1) The chief executive may make an order (an emergency order ) authorising a person to carry out a regulated activity with a regulated substance in relation to any of the following events— a biosecurity event for which a biosecurity emergency order applies under the Biosecurity Act 2014 , section 113 ; a disaster situation under the Disaster Management Act 2003 ; a declared public health emergency under the Public Health Act 2005 ; an emergency under the Public Safety Preservation Act 1986 ; another event, at a State or local level, that poses a health risk, including an event that has the potential to cause human disease through exposure to infection. an outbreak of a communicable disease (sec.58-ssec.2) An emergency order must state the following things— the event to which the order applies; a description of the area to which the order applies; the day the order starts; the day, no later than 3 months after the order starts, the order ends; the regulated activity with the regulated substance that may be carried out; the class of persons who may carry out the regulated activity; any conditions applying to the regulated activity, including, for example, the circumstances in which a person may carry out the activity.
- (a) a biosecurity event for which a biosecurity emergency order applies under the Biosecurity Act 2014 , section 113 ;
- (b) a disaster situation under the Disaster Management Act 2003 ;
- (c) a declared public health emergency under the Public Health Act 2005 ;
- (d) an emergency under the Public Safety Preservation Act 1986 ;