Biosecurity Act 2014

An accredited certifier may refuse to give a person a biosecurity certificate if the accredited certifier has not, to the accredited certifier’s reasonable satisfaction, done any of the following in relation to anything intended to be the subject of the certificate—

inspect, test or treat the thing;

take samples of the thing;

supervise the treatment or grading of the thing;

examine materials or equipment used to treat or grade the thing;

do anything else the accredited certifier reasonably considers necessary or beneficial for the purposes of giving the biosecurity certificate.

A biosecurity certificate may be given under this Act personally by an accredited certifier or, if accreditation conditions permit, by another person acting under the direction of the accredited certifier.

Subject to accreditation conditions and to this Act, an accredited certifier may give a biosecurity certificate in relation to the person’s own biosecurity matter or other thing or another person’s biosecurity matter or other thing.