Approvals—authority criteria
133 Approvals—authority criteria
The director‑general may approve an applicant under section 131 as a certifier authority or auditor authority only if satisfied that the applicant—
will approve suitable people as biosecurity certifiers or biosecurity auditors, including by requiring biosecurity audits; and
will monitor approval‑holders’ ongoing suitability, including by having an appropriate, publicly available, audit frequency policy requiring biosecurity audits; and
will impose appropriate conditions on approvals, including a condition that approval‑holders must cooperate with any required biosecurity audit; and
will appropriately provide for quality assurance of approval‑holders; and
will identify and deal with approval‑holders’ noncompliance with any conditions on their approval, including by suspending and cancelling approvals; and
has appropriate procedures for reviewing decisions and resolving disputes about approvals; and
will impose reasonable fees for approvals; and
meets any other requirement prescribed by regulation.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Biosecurity (National Livestock Identification System) Regulation 2025 · under s 234
- Biosecurity Regulation 2025 · under s 234
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