Crimes (Biological Weapons) Regulations 2019 (Cth)

Crimes (Biological Weapons) Regulations 2019

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret'd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 21 March 2019

Peter Cosgrove Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Christian Porter Attorney‑General

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Purpose of this instrument 5 Schedules 6 Definitions Part 2—Prohibited items 7 Acquisition, storage and labelling of prohibited items 8 Disposal of prohibited items 9 Analysis of certain substances 10 Delegation Schedule 1—Repeals Crimes (Biological Weapons) Regulations

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Crimes (Biological Weapons) Regulations 2019.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 30 March 2019

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority This instrument is made under the Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976.

4 Purpose of this instrument For the purposes of section 13 of the Act, this instrument provides for and in relation to: (a) procedures to be followed in the storage and disposal of substances and articles in respect of which an offence referred to in section 10 of the Act has been, or is alleged to have been, committed; and (b) an opportunity for a person charged with an offence referred to in section 10 of the Act in respect of a substance referred to in paragraph 8(1)(a) of the Act to have a sample of the substance analysed on the person's behalf.