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NO. 36 OF 2005


(3) Where a person who is not a member of the staff of a facility is required to enter the facility at which any First Schedule (Part II) biological agent or Second Schedule biological agent is kept, the operator of the facility shall ensure that that person—

(a) is accompanied by a member of the staff of the facility at all times and in all parts of the facility; and
(b) is properly protected against any risk of exposure to such biological agent at the facility.

Use of animals

43. Every operator of a facility who uses any animal for experimentation involving biological agents or toxins at his facility shall comply with such requirements as may be prescribed in relation to animal containment.

Records and reporting requirements

44. Every operator of a facility shall—

(a) maintain an inventory of all biological agents and toxins at the facility, which shall include records of the following:
(i) the storage location of the biological agents and toxins;
(ii) the personnel having approval to access any of the biological agents and toxins, and the biological agents and toxins to which such approval relates;
(iii) the use to which the biological agents or toxins are to be and have been put;
(iv) the transfers of the biological agents and toxins within the facility and between the facility and any other facility;
(v) the inactivation of the biological agents;
(vi) the disposal of the biological agents and toxins; and
(vii) where the biological agents and toxins are First Schedule (Part II) biological agents, Second Schedule biological agents or Fifth Schedule toxins—
(A) the personnel who have dealt with the biological agents or toxins; and