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- (iv) the closure or cordoning off of any facility until such time as the Director is satisfied that the facility may safely resume operation; and
- (v) that any person who is or was at any facility (whether as a member of the staff of the facility or otherwise) and who may be or may have been exposed to any scheduled biological agent, inactivated scheduled biological agent or Fifth Schedule toxin 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; and
- (b) provide that a contravention of any provision of the regulations or an order referred to in paragraph (a) made under the regulations shall be an offence punishable—
- (i) in relation to or in connection with any First Schedule (Part I) biological agent, Third Schedule biological agent or Fourth Schedule biological agent, with a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both; and
- (ii) in relation to or in connection with any First Schedule (Part II) biological agent, Second Schedule biological agent or Fifth Schedule toxin, with a fine not exceeding $100,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or with both.
(4) In this section—
- “inactivated scheduled biological agent” means a First Schedule biological agent, a Second Schedule biological agent, a Third Schedule biological agent or a Fourth Schedule biological agent that has been inactivated;
- “scheduled biological agent” means a First Schedule biological agent, a Second Schedule biological agent, a Third Schedule biological agent or a Fourth Schedule biological agent.
