Clause 23

by deleting the words “such public health research as he thinks” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “any research that the Director thinks is”;

by deleting the word “Minister” wherever it appears in subsection (1)(b) and substituting in each case the words “appropriate Minister”;

by deleting the words “public health research under subsection (1), the Director shall consider —” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “research under subsection (1), the Director must consider the extent to which all or any of the following factors exist:”;

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (2)(b);

by deleting the words “research under subsection (1)” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “national public health research”;

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (3)(a)(ii);

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)use any other information or samples obtained by the Director under this Act.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “to the Director” in subsection (4), the words “, unless the Director directs otherwise”;

by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsections:“(5) For the purpose of any national public health research, the Director may do all or any of the following:

send any information or sample received by the Director under this Act to a third party to carry out such test, examination or analysis as the Director may consider necessary;

provide any information or sample received by the Director under this Act to a third party who is engaged in any national public health research;

impose such conditions as the Director thinks fit on the third party mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).(5A) If the Director is satisfied that any national public health research can be carried out only if any individually‑identifiable information or individually‑identifiable human sample is provided under this section, the Director may require, use, send or provide that individually‑identifiable information or individually‑identifiable human sample under this section for the purposes of the national public health research.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “human sample” in subsection (7), the following definition:“ “national public health research” means any research that the Director decides to undertake or facilitate under subsection (1);”.