Human Pathogens and Toxins Act

Marginal note:Controlled activities

• 7 (1) No person shall knowingly conduct any of the following activities unless a licence has been issued by the Minister that authorizes the activity:

  • (a) possessing, handling or using a human pathogen or toxin;

  • (b) producing a human pathogen or toxin;

  • (c) storing a human pathogen or toxin;

  • (d) permitting any person access to a human pathogen or toxin;

  • (e) transferring a human pathogen or toxin;

  • (f) importing or exporting a human pathogen or toxin;

  • (g) releasing or otherwise abandoning a human pathogen or toxin; or

  • (h) disposing of a human pathogen or toxin.

• Marginal note:Other Acts

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to

  • (a) any activity to which the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992 applies; or

  • (b) the export of human pathogens or toxins authorized under the Export and Import Permits Act.