Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The initial tester must comply with the SSBA Standards in relation to the initial tester's handling and disposal of the biological agent in the period:
(a) starting when the initial tester forms the suspicion; and
(b) ending at the earlier of the following times:
(i) the time the initial tester obtains the results of confirmatory testing;
(ii) the time destruction of the biological agent is completed.
(2) An entity provided by the initial tester with a sample of the biological agent for confirmatory testing must comply with the SSBA Standards in relation to the entity's handling and disposal of the sample, and of any biological agent included in or derived from the sample, in the period:
(a) starting when the entity is provided with the sample; and
(b) ending when the entity obtains the results of the confirmatory testing.