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26 :(b) the Director may order any one or more of the following:
 * (i) the immediate cessation of any activity involving the Second Schedule biological agent carried out by the person at the facility;
 * (ii) the destruction of the Second Schedule biological agent at the facility;
 * (iii) the decontamination of the facility;
 * (iv) the closure or cordoning off of the facility until such time as the Director is satisfied that the facility may safely resume operation;
 * (v) that any person who is or was at the facility (whether as a member of the staff of the facility or otherwise) and who may be or may have been exposed to the Second Schedule biological agent 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.

(3) Any person who contravenes any order made by the Director under subsection (2)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1 million or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to life imprisonment or to both. Subdivision (2)—Import and transhipment Prohibition against import or transhipment of Second Schedule biological agents without permit

17.—(1) No person shall import or procure the import of any Second Schedule biological agent unless the import of the Second Schedule biological agent is authorised by and is carried out in accordance with the conditions of a permit granted by the Director.

(2) No person shall tranship any Second Schedule biological agent unless the transhipment of the Second Schedule biological agent is authorised by and is carried out in accordance with the conditions of a permit granted by the Director.