Human Pathogens and Toxins Regulations

Marginal note:Section 33 of Act

• 10 (1) The following human pathogens and toxins are prescribed for the purposes of the Act and, more particularly, are specified for the purpose of section 33 of the Act:

  • (a) human pathogens that fall into Risk Group 3 or Risk Group 4 and that are on the common control list entitled List of Human and Animal Pathogens and Toxins for Export Control, published by the Australia Group, as amended from time to time, except for

    • (i) Duvenhage virus, Rabies virus and other members of the Lyssavirus genus,

    • (ii) Vesicular stomatitis virus, and

    • (iii) Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; and

  • (b) subject to subsection (2), toxins that are set out in Schedule 1 to the Act and that are on that List.

• Marginal note:Toxins not prescribed in certain quantities

  (2) A toxin that is set out in column 1 of the table to this section is not a prescribed toxin if it is present in a part of a facility in a quantity that is less than or equal to the quantity set out in column 2.

  Column 1	Column 2
  Toxin	Quantity (mg)
  Alpha toxin Toxine Alpha	5
  Botulinum neurotoxin Toxine botulique	0.5
  Cholera toxin Toxine du choléra	20
  Clostridium botulinum C2 and C3 toxins Toxines C2 et C3 de Clostridium botulinum	5
  Clostridium perfringens Epsilon toxin Toxine Epsilon de Clostridium perfringens	5
  Hemolysin Hemolysine	10
  Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) Toxine Shiga-like (vérotoxine)	1
  Shigatoxin Shigatoxine	1
  Staphylococcal enterotoxins, Type B Entérotoxine de staphylocoques, type B	1
  Staphylococcal enterotoxins, types other than Type B Entérotoxine de staphylocoques, types autres que le B	10
  Staphylococcus aureus Toxic shock syndrome toxin Toxine du syndrome du choc toxique de Staphylococcus aureus	5