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approved certification body, before storing or carrying out any activity involving any biological agent at the certified facility.
(5) The operator of a certified facility shall comply with such requirements as may be prescribed.
(6) Where—
- (a) the operator of a facility stores or carries out any activity involving any biological agent without the facility being certified in accordance with this section;
- (b) the operator of a facility stores or carries out any activity involving any biological agent to which the certification relates without notifying the Director of the certification under this section or providing to the Director a copy of the certification report as required under subsection (4); or
- (c) the operator of a certified facility fails to comply with any prescribed requirement referred to in subsection (5),
the Director may order any one or more of the following:
- (i) the immediate cessation of any activity involving any biological agent at the facility;
- (ii) the destruction of any biological agent at the facility;
- (iii) the decontamination of the facility;
- (iv) the closure or cordoning off of the facility until such time as the Director is satisfied that the facility may safely resume operation;
- (v) that any person who is or was at the facility (whether as a member of the staff of the facility or otherwise) and who may be or may have been exposed to any biological agent at the facility should—
- (A) undergo such medical examination and medical treatment at such place or hospital as the Director may specify in the order; or
- (B) be quarantined at such place and for such period as the Director may specify in the order.
(7) Any person who contravenes any order made by the Director under subsection (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term
