Biosecurity Act 2014

This section applies if—

a compliance audit of an approved operator’s operation of an approved biosecurity accreditation scheme is conducted under an approval condition or a requirement under subsection (2); and

the compliance audit identified a noncompliance, or more than 1 noncompliance, with the approved operator’s approval.

The chief executive may, in writing, require—

for each noncompliance with the approval identified by the compliance audit—the approved operator to have an additional compliance audit conducted related to the noncompliance; and

the additional compliance audit to be conducted within a stated reasonable period.

An additional compliance audit of the approved operator’s operation of the scheme required under subsection (2) may relate to more than 1 noncompliance with the approval.

The approved operator must comply with a requirement under subsection (2), unless the approved operator has a reasonable excuse.Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.