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NO. 36 OF 2005


(ii) the measures, practices, procedures, processes and standards to be adopted and implemented in the possession, storage, use, import, transfer, transportation and disposal of such biological agents, inactivated biological agents and toxins;
(b) the regulation of the design and structural requirements of facilities;
(c) the qualifications of persons controlling, managing or carrying out the storage or disposal of, or activities involving, any scheduled biological agent, inactivated scheduled biological agent or Fifth Schedule toxin at any facility;
(d) the measures to be adopted and implemented for dealing with and investigating into any adverse incident and the procedures for the reporting of such adverse incident to the Director;
(e) the duties and obligations of operators, biosafety committees, biosafety co-ordinators and staff of facilities (in addition to the duties and obligations of such persons specified in this Act);
(f) the procedures of biosafety committees;
(g) the prescribing of fees payable for the purposes of this Act;
(h) such matters as may be required by this Act to be prescribed;
(i) such other matter as the Minister thinks necessary for the administration and enforcement of this Act.

(3) The Minister may, in making any regulations under this section—

(a) provide that where there has been any contravention of any provision thereof, the Director may, as may be appropriate, order—
(i) the immediate cessation of any activity involving any scheduled biological agent, inactivated scheduled biological agent or Fifth Schedule toxin;
(ii) the destruction of any scheduled biological agent, inactivated scheduled biological agent or Fifth Schedule toxin;
(iii) the decontamination of any facility;