Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Duties and Obligations in Relation to Biological Agents and Toxins
46. Application
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transferor
“transferor”, in relation to any biological agent or toxin, means the person who provides the biological agent or toxin to another person;
any First Schedule biological agent;
any Second Schedule biological agent;
any Third Schedule biological agent in quantities aggregating 10 litres or more carried on any conveyance at any one time; or
any Fifth Schedule toxin.
In this Division —
“biological agent” means —
biological agent
“biological agent” means —(a)any micro-organism (including any bacterium, virus, fungus, rickettsia and parasite);(b)any infectious substance (including any prion); or(c)any component of a micro-organism or an infectious substance (but not including any toxin),that is capable of causing death, disease or other biological malfunction in a human;
any First Schedule biological agent;
First Schedule biological agent
“First Schedule biological agent” means any biological agent specified in the First Schedule;
any Second Schedule biological agent; or
Second Schedule biological agent
“Second Schedule biological agent” means any biological agent specified in the Second Schedule;
any Third Schedule biological agent transported in quantities aggregating 10 litres or more on any conveyance at any one time;
Third Schedule biological agent
“Third Schedule biological agent” means any biological agent specified in the Third Schedule;
“toxin” means any Fifth Schedule toxin.
toxin
“toxin” means any poisonous substance that is produced and extracted from any micro‑organism;