9Law enforcement agencies

9 Law enforcement agencies

(1) A law enforcement agency is an exempt entity in relation to a security‑sensitive biological agent if the agency: (a) handles the security‑sensitive biological agent only in the course of carrying out a function of the agency under a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory; and (b) does not handle the security‑sensitive biological agent for the purpose of using it as a control sample for testing or carrying out diagnostic analysis. (2) Each of the following is a law enforcement agency: (a) the Australian Federal Police; (b) a police force of a State or Territory; (c) the Department administered by the Minister administering Part 1 of Chapter 8 of the Biosecurity Act 2015; (d) the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901.